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| Nationality | India | ||||||||||
| Born | 24 January 2000 | ||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||
| Event(s) | Javelin | ||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Javelin: 84.35m (Chennai, 2022) | ||||||||||
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Devarakeshavi Prakasha Manu (born 24 January 2000) is an Indian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin.
Career[edit | edit source]
From Hassan, Manu was trained from 2020 in Pune by Kashinath Naik. In June 2022, Manu threw a personal best of 84.35m to win the Inter-State championships in Chennai. This distance made him the fourth best Indian javelin thrower of all time.[1] He won the Indian national championships in June 2022.[2]
Manu finished fifth in the javelin at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[3][4] Overall in 2022, he threw further than 80 metres in five out of his nine competitions.[5]
In July 2023, he threw over 81 metres to win silver at the Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok.[6] He was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.[7]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Vasudevan, Shyam (June 12, 2022). "DP Manu raises benchmark for India's next-gen javelin stars". espn. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ↑ Venkat, Rahul (27 June 2022). "National Open Athletics Championships 2022: DP Manu wins javelin throw gold medal". Olympics.com. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ↑ "Athletics Commonwealth Games 2022, Highlights: Eldhose Paul, Aboobacker on podium in triple jump; Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem wins javelin gold". Sportstar.thehindu.com. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Athletics - Men's Javelin results". BBC Sport. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ↑ Amsan, Andrew (December 28, 2022). "Manu DP is ready to emerge out of Neeraj Chopra's shadow as India's next javelin champion". Indian Express. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ↑ Kakkar, Anmol (July 17, 2023). "Manu DP bags silver medal in men's Javelin Throw with a throw of 81.01m". khelnow.com. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ↑ "Four Indian javelin throwers qualify for World Cships but not all going as one is injured". devdiacourse. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.