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M. P. Jabir
.jpg) Jabir with his 2017 Asian Athletics Championships bronze medal | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jabir Madari Pillyalil[1] |
| Born | 8 June 1996 Manjeri,Kerala, India |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | 400 metres hurdles, 400 metres |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 400 metres hurdles: 49.13 (Doha 2019) 400 metres: 46.96 (Mladá Boleslav 2019) |
Medal record | |
| Updated on 27 September 2019. | |
Jabir Madari Pillyalil (born 8 June 1996), better known as M. P. Jabir, is an Indian athlete who specializes in 400 metres hurdles and 400 metres. He is the first Indian male athlete to qualify for the 400m hurdles in Olympics, after getting qualified for the event in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[2]
Jabir won the bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships in 400 metres hurdles with a timing of 50.22 seconds.[3] At the same event in 2019 Asian Athletics Championships in Doha, he set his personal best timing of 49.13 to win bronze[4] and achieved the qualification standard for 2019 World Athletics Championships.[5]
Jabir works for the Indian Navy and is posted at Kochi, as of 2017.[6]
References
- ↑ "Jabir MADARI PILLYALIL". IAAF. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ↑ PTI. "MP Jabir qualifies for Tokyo Olympics in 400m hurdles". Sportstar. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ↑ Rayan, Stan (8 July 2017). "Asian athletics: Sudha brightens the day". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ↑ "Gomathi runs the race of her life, gives India its first gold at the championships". The Hindu. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ↑ Rayan, Stan (25 April 2019). "Gomathi's surprise…and the ones that got away at the Asian Athletics Championships". Sportstar. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ↑ Srinivasan, Aneesh (16 July 2017). "Anu Raghavan and MP Jabir overcome hurdles to clinch titles". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 September 2019.