Reeth Abraham
Award Name : Arjuna Award
Year of Award : 1997
Award for : Sports and Games
Location : Mysore, Karnataka, India
Reeth Abraham is an athlete from Bengaluru, India and former South Asian Games champion in long jump and 100 meters hurdles and the former national champion in heptathlon. She won the Arjuna Award in 1997 and the Rajyotsava Award in 1983. Reeth had a long athletic career spanning over 15 years (1976–1992). At the national level championships, she won 16 Gold and 11 Silver medals. She was born in 1961 in Mysore. he studied at Christ the King Convent, Mysore which encourage sports immensely. She was an kho kho, basketball and throw ball player in addition to athletics at the university or state level. She subsequently decided to focus on athletics. She studied at Maharani college in Bangalore. Reeth is an active athlete and competes regularly in the World Masters events and won medals in the 2003 (Carolina, Puerto Rico), 2011 (Sacramento, USA) and 2013 (Porto Alegre, Brazil) games in various events. She is currently the joint convenor of Clean Sports India. She is very active in promoting fitness among people and active lifestyles. She actively promotes various running events and Marathons in India.