Nithya Ramraj | |
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Born | Tamil nadu | September 20, 1998
Occupation | Athlete |
Nithya Ramraj (born 20 September 1998) is an Indian athlete from Tamil Nadu. She competes in 100m hurdles. She represented India at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[1][2] She is India's No.2 in the sprint hurdles behind top athlete Jyothi Yarraji in the rankings.[3]
Nithya hails from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Her father was a truck driver and her mother, Meena, is a home maker.[4] She is the youngest of the three sisters.[5] Her identical twin Vithya is also an athlete. The girls started playing hockey and her mother joined them in the Erode Girls Sports School for Class 7. Later they shifted to athletics. Nithya is working with the Income Tax Department.[1]