<P> Kamaljeet Sandhu is a former woman Indian athlete who won gold medal at 1970 Bangkok Asian Games in 400 m race . She ran the distance in 57.3 seconds . She was the first Indian woman athlete to win gold medal at any Asian games . She hails from Punjab state in India . She received Padma Shri award in 1971 . In 1971, she was one of the finalists in the World University Games held at Turin, Italy, in 400 metres race . She participated in the Women's 400 metres at the 1972 Munich Olympics, bowing out in the heats . Kamaljeet retired from athletics in 1973 . She was also a national - level basketball and inter-varsity hockey player . She went to the 1982 Asian Games as the coach of the Indian women's sprint team . </P>

First indian woman to win gold medal in asian games