# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/m-d-valsamma
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:50:09.067Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/m-d-valsamma"
name: "M. D. Valsamma"
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description: "Manathoor Devasia Valsamma is a retired Indian athlete. She was the second Indian woman to win an individual gold medal at the Asian Games and the first to win it on Indian soil."
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birthDate: "1960-10-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump