Indian athlete Dutee Chand recently took home the award for Sportsperson of the Year at the Vogue Women of the Year 2019. Dutee Chand, a Jaipur-born professional sprinter is the third Indian woman to have qualified for the 100 m at Summer Olympics. Dutee Chand has quite a few medals under her belt and the biggest being two silver medals at the 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta in 2018 - both in 100 and 200 m categories.

 

 

 

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Dutee Chand (@duteechand) is the Sportsperson of the Year and is going to use this honour to encourage other athletes. #VogueWomenOfTheYear

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Another Indian sports athlete and pistol shooter Heena Sidhu won the award for Young Achiever Of The Year.