Kiran Pahal

Kiran Pahal (5 August 2000) is an Indian athlete from Haryana. She specialises in 400 metres run. She is the second athlete from India to go sub-51sec in 2024. She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in 400m. At Olympics, she clocked only 52.51 in the heats.

Early life Pahal is from Rohtak, Haryana. She has no sponsors and trains on her own in Haryana under her coach Ashissh Chhikara. After her father died, she has been having differences with her mother and siblings and trains on her own. She was part of the relay teams that won the National title in October 2019 at Ranchi and June 2021 at Patiala. She also takes part in 100m and 200m but has been focussing on 400m. She is ranked 139 in world rankings in 400m. The Indian female athlete to take part in the 400m at Olympics was Nirmal Sheoran at Rio Olympics in 2016.

In July 2025, she won the gold in the women's 400 m event at the Indian Open Athletics 2025 at Bihar.