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| image = Neena.V (cropped).jpg<br />
| caption = Varakil at the [[2017 Asian Athletics Championships|2017 Asian Championships]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|05|02|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Meppayur]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
| height = 1.7 m<br />
| sport = [[Track and field]]<br />
| event = [[Long jump]]<br />
| pb = 6.66 m (2016)<br />
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}[[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|30px]]<br />
{{Medal|Country|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2018 Asian Games|2018 Jakarta]]|[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's long jump|Long jump]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships|2017 Bhubaneswar]]|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's long jump|Long jump]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games|Asian Indoor Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games|2017 Ashgabat]]|[[Indoor athletics at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games#Women|Long jump]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|Asian Indoor Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2018 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|2018 Tehran]]|[[2018 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships#Women|Long jump]]}}<br />
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'''Neena Varakil''' (born 2 May 1991) is an Indian former [[long jump|long jumper]].<ref name="things">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/sports/asian-games-2018-5-things-you-need-to-know-about-neena-varakil-india-s-silver-medalist-in-women-s-long-jump|title=Asian Games 2018: 5 things you need to know about Neena Varakil, India's silver medalist in women's long jump|date=2018-08-27|website=www.sportskeeda.com|language=en-us|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
She achieved her personal best of 6.66&nbsp;m in [[Bangalore]] in July 2016. She took gold in 2017 when she jumped 6.37&nbsp;m in the sixth and final round. This was at the Asian Grand Prix Athletics Meet in [[Jiaxing]] in China.<ref name="longold">[http://zeenews.india.com/other-sports/asian-grand-prix-neena-varakil-wins-gold-in-womens-long-jump-javelin-thrower-neeraj-chopra-qualifies-for-world-championships-2000123.html Asian Grand Prix: Neena Varakil wins gold in women's long jump, javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra qualifies for World Championships], 27 April 2017, ZeeNews.india.com, Retrieved 13 July 2017</ref> She gained a silver medal at [[2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's long jump]] when her compatriot, [[Nayana James]], took bronze.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/athletics/asian-athletics-championships-2017-list-all-medal-winners-india|title=Asian Athletics Championships 2017: List of all medal winners for India|publisher=Sportskeeda|first=Akash|last=Bhatt|date=2017-07-10|access-date=2017-07-14}}</ref><br />
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In August 2018, she took a silver medal at the long jump at the Asian Games in Jakarta. At her fourth attempt she jumped 6&nbsp;m 51&nbsp;cm. The gold medal was taken by [[Thi Thu Thao Bui]] of Vietnam and the bronze went to [[Xiaoling Xu]] of China.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=PTI|date=2018-08-27|title=Asian Games 2018: Neena Varakil wins silver in women's long jump|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/asian-games-2018-neena-varakil-wins-silver-in-womens-long-jump/article24793232.ece|access-date=2021-02-06|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> After the event she said that she was stepping back from competition to concentrate on her family. Varakil is married to Pinto Mathew, who is an international hurdler. Varakil had helped her train for the Jakarta event as she was not happy with the national coach [[Bedros Bedrosian]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Manoj SS|date=Aug 28, 2018|title=neena varakil: After Asiad silver, Neena Varakil to focus on family {{!}} Asian Games 2018 News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/asian-games/after-asiad-silver-neena-varakil-to-focus-on-family/articleshow/65571323.cms|access-date=2021-02-06|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1991 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian women long jumpers]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Sportswomen from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games athletes for India]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for India]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Athletics Championships medalists]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]</div>TrinaAshby9096