Bahadur Prasad

                 Bahadur Prasad

Personal information
Full name
Bahadur Prasad
Nationality
Indian
Born
September 1, 1965 (age 48)
Billauwa, Sidhwal, Mau , Uttar Pradesh , India
Height
1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight
72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Sport
Country
India
Sport
Track and field
Event(s)
1500 m , 3000 m , 5000 m
Club
Indian Railways
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
1500 m: 3:38.00 (1995)
5000 m: 13:29.70 (1992)
Bahadur Prasad Singh (born 1 September, 1965) is
a former Indian middle distance runner. He holds
the current national records in 1500 metres and
5000 metres . Singh set the 5000 m record
(13:29.70) in Birmingham , UK on 27 June 1992.
Then on 23 December 1995, Prasad clocked a time
of 3:38.00 at the 1995 South Asian Games in
Chennai to set the current 1500 m national record.
[2][3]
Prasad represented India at the 1992 Barcelona
Olympics in the 5000 m event where he clocked a
time of 13:50.71 in the heats. He also took part in
1500 m at 1996 Atlanta Olympics . He managed an
eight position in the fifth heats with an effort of
3:46.16 in the first round. [4] He was awarded the
Arjuna award for the year 1992 for his
achievements in middle distance running. [5]
References
1. ^ "Bahadur Prasad Biography and Statistics" .
Sports Reference LLC.
2. ^ "Official Website of Athletics Federation of
India: NATIONAL RECORDS as on 21.3.2009"
. Athletics Federation of INDIA. Retrieved
2009-09-06.
3. ^ "SAF Games : Athletic Records" .
tomorrowsrilanka.com. Retrieved
2009-09-06. [ dead link ]
4. ^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer
Games: Men's 1,500 metres Round One"
. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved
2009-09-06.
5. ^ "ARJUNA AWARDEES ON INDIAN
RAILWAYS" . indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved
2009-09-06. [ dead link ]

Surendra singh

                Surendra Singh

Surendra Kumar Singh (born October 1, 1978) is
an Indian long-distance runner who represented
India at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in
the 10,000 metres . [1] He placed 26th in the event.
[2] He holds the Indian records for the 3000
metres and 10,000 m with times of 7:50.31
minutes and 28:02.89 minutes, respectively. [3]
He competed for his country in the 5000 m and
10,000 m at the 2006 Asian Games and placed
sixth in both distances. At the 2007 Asian Indoor
Games he was the silver medallist behind Qatar's
Charles Bett Koech over 3000 metres. [4] He also
represented India at the 2007 Asian
Championships in Jordan, participating in the 5000
metres and 10,000 m events finishing fifth in both.
At the 2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
he was again runner-up to a Kenyan-born Qatari in
the 3000 m (Sultan Khamis Zaman on this
occasion).
He won the 3000 m in the 2009 Asian Athletics
Grand Prix . [5] He competed on the world stage
over 10,000 m that year at the 2009 World
Championships in Athletics and placed 19th in a
large field of runners. [6]
References
1. ^ Beijing Olympics 2008 . Times of India
(2008). Retrieved on 2011-12-28.
2. ^ Athletics at the 2008 Beijing Olympics -
Men's 10,000 m final
. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved on
2011-12-28.
3. ^ Indian Outdoor Records . Indian Athletics
Association. Retrieved on 2011-12-28.
4. ^ Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2007-11-01).
Kazakh quartet betters Asian relay record –
2nd Asian Indoor Games, Final day
. IAAF . Retrieved on 2011-12-28.
5. ^ Surendra Singh picks up gold . The Hindu
(2009-05-24). Retrieved on 2011-12-28.
6. ^ Singh Surendra Kumar . IAAF . Retrieved on
2011-12-28.

Sriram Singh

                   Sriram Singh

Personal information
Full name
Sriram Singh Shekhawat
Nationality
Indian
Born
November 14, 1948 (age 65)
Badnagar , Rajasthan , India
Sport
Country
India
Sport
Track and field athletics
Event(s)
800 metres
Club
Rajputana Rifles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
outdoor: 1:45.77
(25 July 1976, Indian record)
Updated on September 20, 2009.
Sriram Singh Shekhawat (born 14 November 1948
in Badnagar , Rajasthan ) was an Indian middle
distance runner.
Sriram Singh joined Rajputana Rifles in 1968
where he came under the influence of the coach
Ilyas Babar . Babar persuaded him to shift his focus
from 400m to 800m.
In the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok, he was
beaten to the second place in the 800 by Jimmy
Crampton of Burma . Singh went out in the heats in
the Munich Olympics in 1972 but his time of
1:47.7 bettered Crampton's Asian record. He
improved it to 1:47.6 while winning the gold in the
Teheran Asian Games of 1974 .
The high point of Sriram Singh's career was the
800m race in 1976 Montreal Olympics . Prior to the
competition he had never run on synthetic tracks.
The qualifying round, the semifinal and the final
were run on successive days. In the first race, he
broke his own Asian record with a time of 1:45.94.
In the semifinal, he came second in a time of
1:46.40.
In the final, Singh led at the bell with a time of
50.85 ahead of Cuban Alberto Juantorena 's 50.90.
Juantorena caught up with him around the 550m
mark and won in a world record time of 1:43.50.
Singh faded away in the home straight to finish
seventh with a time of 1:45.77. Juantorena later
attributed his world record to Sriram's front
running.
Sriram Singh's time stood as an Asian record till
1994 and as of 2011 is still the Indian national
record. He retained his 800m gold medal in the
1978 Asian Games (1:48.80), but was eliminated in
the heats of the same event in the Moscow
Olympics .
Achievements
Year
Tournament
Venue
Result
Extra
1970
Asian Games
Bangkok, Thailand
2nd
800 m
1974
Asian Games
Tehran , Iran
1st
800 m
1978
Asian Games
Bangkok, Thailand
1st
800 m

K. M. Binu

                    K. M. Binu

Personal information
Full name
Kalayathumkuzhi Mathews Binu
Nationality
India
Born
December 20, 1980 (age 33)
Idukki, Kerala, India
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight
67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)
Sport
Country
India
Sport
Running
Event(s)
400 metres , 800 metres
Club
Central Excise and Customs
Retired
No
Kalayathumkuzhi Mathews Binu (born 20
December 1980) is an Indian track and field athlete
from Kerala who specializes in 400 metres and 800
metres . He holds the current 400 metres national
record of 45.48 s set at the 2004 Athens Olympics
on 20 August 2004. [2] He broke the 44-year-old
Olympics mark (by an Indian) held by Milkha
Singh who set an Indian National Record with a
timing of 45.73 s at the 1960 Rome Olympics. [3]
He and his elder sister K. M. Beenamol made
history when they became the first Indian siblings
to win medals in a major international competition.
They won medals at the Busan Asian Games
(2002). While Binu won the men's 800 metres
silver, his sister won the gold medal in the
women's event. [4] Binu received the Arjuna Award
for the year 2006 for his achievements in the
Indian athletics. [5]
Biography
Hailing from the Idukki district of Kerala, Binu was
born on 20 December 1980. Following the
footsteps of his sister Beenamol, he choose
athletics as his career. Binu was coached by Ury
from Ukraine who also coached Beenamol. [6]
References
1. ^ "Mathews Binu Biography and Statistics" .
Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved
2009-09-06.
2. ^ "Athens 2004: India’s Binu qualifies for
semis"
. The Indian Express . 2004-08-21. Retrieved
2009-09-06.
3. ^ Kumar, Pradeep (2004-08-21). "Milkha will
reward Binu" . The Times of India . Retrieved
2009-09-06.
4. ^ "KM Binu adds silver to kitty" . The Tribune .
2002-10-10. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
5. ^ "Arjuna award will motivate me: Binu" .
Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2007-08-12.
Retrieved 2009-09-06.
6. ^ "Distance stars on a heady high" . Chennai,
India: The Hindu. 2002-09-02. Retrieved
2009-09-06.
External links
K. M. Binu profile at IAAF

Anil Kumar Prakash

             Anil Kumar Prakash

Personal information
Full name
Anil Kumar Prakash
Nationality
India
Born
August 28, 1978 (age 35)
Haripad, Kerala, India
Height
1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄ 2 in) [1]
Weight
75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Sport
Country
India
Sport
Running
Event(s)
100 metres , 200 metres
Club
Services
Retired
No
Medal record
All-India Open National Championships
[2]
Gold
1999 Championships
100 metres
Gold
1999 Championships
200 metres
Gold
2001 Championships
100 metres
Gold
2001 Championships
200 metres
Gold
2004 Championships
200 metres
Gold
2005 Championships
100 metres
Anil Kumar Prakash ( Malayalam : അനില് കുമാര്
പ്രകാശ്; born August 28, 1978) is an Indian sprint
athlete from Kerala. He holds the current 100
metres national record of 10.30 s set at the
National Circuit Athletic Meet held in New Delhi on
24 August 2005. [3] He also holds the current 200
metres national record of 20.73 s set at the
National Circuit Athletic Meet held in Bangalore on
17 July 2000. [4][5]
Anil Kumar represented India in 4 x 100 metres
relay at 2000 Sydney Olympics where his team
clocked a time of 40.23 s in the first round. The
team came seventh in their heats. [1][6]
Athletic career
Anil Kumar was born in Kerala and studied at T.K.
Madhava Memorial (TKMM) College in
Nangiarkulangara, Alappuzha district . He took up
decathlon in his college days and later started
thinking of competing in the 400 m hurdles after
seeing the success of P. T. Usha . However, having
discovered the joy of running fast, he finally settled
in sprint events. [7] Anil's first big success came at
Gandhinagar Open Nationals in 1997 when he
became the fastest man in India. [8] Injury kept him
off the field for some time before success came
again in 1999 at the Fifth National Games in
Manipur when he clocked 10.58 s in the 100
metres and a 21.35 s in 200 metres. [7][9] In the
same year on 15 August, Kumar broke the National
record for 100 m when he clocked 10.33 s while
finishing behind Sri Lanka’s Chinthaka De Soysa
(10.29) (Sreelankan National record) in an
International Circuit Meet held at Chennai . In 2000,
he posted his personal best time of 10.21 s in
Bangalore but in the absence of doping control the
time was not ratified by the Athletics Federation of
India. [10]
On 17 July 2000, Kumar broke the 200 metres
National record with an effort of 20.73 s at the
National Circuit Athletic Meet held in Bangalore. He
erased the then National record of 21.04 s in the
name of Ajay Raj Singh, set in the Lucknow inter-
State meet in 1999. [4]
On 1 May 2002, in the National Circuit Athletic
Meet at the Nehru Stadium in New Delhi , India's
fastest runner equaled his own National record in
100 metres with a time of 10.33 s. [11] In the same
month, Kumar came up with a commendable
performance to win the 100 m dash in the second
domestic circuit meet in Bangalore with an effort of
10.46 s. [8] In May 2004, he won the 200 m sprint
in the Federation Cup Athletics Championships at
the Nehru Stadium when he clocked 21.02 s. [12]
Few weeks later he crowned again in the 200 m
dash by clocking 20.84 s at the first ONGC
National Athletics Circuit Meet in Delhi . [13]
Achievements
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Notes
Representing India
2000
Asian Championships
Jakarta, Indonesia
2nd
100 m [14]
References
1. ^ a b "Anil Kumar Prakash Biography and
Statistics"
. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved
2009-09-06.
2. ^ "Indian Championships and Games" .
gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
3. ^ "Anil Kumar breaks the National 100-m
record"
. The Times of India . 2005-08-25. Retrieved
2009-09-05.
4. ^ a b Nair, Avinash (2000-07-18). "Anil
Kumar runs a one horse race" . Chennai,
India: The Hindu . Retrieved 2009-09-05.
5. ^ "Official Website of Athletics Federation of
India: NATIONAL RECORDS as on 21.3.2009"
. Athletics Federation of INDIA. Retrieved
2009-09-05.
6. ^ "Sydney2000 Results: Official Results - 4 X
100 METRES - Men - Round 1"
. International Association of Athletics
Federations
(IAAF). Retrieved 2009-09-05.
7. ^ a b "The fastest Indian sprinter does not
talk big, he simply performs"
. The Indian Express . 2000-07-29. Retrieved
2009-09-05.
8. ^ a b "Anil Kumar, Saraswathi emerge
fastest" . Chennai, India: The Hindu.
2002-05-06. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
9. ^ "Anil Kumar emerges fastest" . The Indian
Express. 1999-02-21. Retrieved
2009-09-06.
10. ^ "Kumar improves Indian 100m record" .
International Amateur Athletic Federation
(IAAF). Retrieved 2009-09-06.
11. ^ "Anil Kumar equals his own record" .
Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2002-05-02.
Retrieved 2009-09-06.
12. ^ "Anil Kumar steals the show" . Chennai,
India: The Hindu. 2004-03-19. Retrieved
2009-09-06.
13. ^ "Binu attains Olympic qualification mark" .
Rediff.com . 2004-04-15. Retrieved
2009-09-06.
14. ^ Asian Championships - GBR Athletics

Abdul Najeeb Qureshi

         Abdul Najeeb Qureshi

Personal information
Full name
Mohammed Abdul Najeeb Qureshi[1]
Nationality
India
Born
February 25, 1988 (age 26)
Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh , India
Residence
Hafez Babanagar, Hyderabad
Sport
Country
India
Sport
Track and field
Event(s)
100 metres , 200 metres
Retired
No
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
100 m: 10.3 (New Delhi 2010)
200 m: 21.06 (Kochi 2010)
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
Bronze
2010 Delhi
4 × 100 m relay
Abdul Najeeb Qureshi (born February 25, 1988) is
an Indian sprinter from Hyderabad . Najeeb, along
with Anil Kumar Prakash , jointly holds the current
100 metres Indian national record of 10.30 s. [2]
On 6 October 2010, Qureshi equalled the national
100 m record while qualifying for the semi-finals
during the 2010 Commonwealth Games held at
New Deli, India . [3] He clocked 10.30 s to equal
Anil Kumar Prakash's national record set in 2005
at the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in New
Delhi. [4] Qureshi was also part of India's 4x100
relay team that won the bronze medal at the 2010
Commonwealth Games . [5] The team set a new
national record of 38.89s. [6]
On 23 October 2010, Najeeb visited his alma mater
again where he was garlanded and welcomed by
his former schoolmates. An exciting evening,
brimming with jollility and dance followed, with his
first coach, Adarsh Goswami, joining the festivities
as well.
Qureshi also won 200 m sprint at the South Asian
Games held at Dhaka , Bangladesh in February
2010. [7]
He completed his schooling from Defence
Laboratories School, Kanchanbagh , Hyderabad . At
school, his inherent talent in running was first
identified by his PT master Adarsh Goswami. He
encouraged Najeeb to follow his dreams and
pursue a career in athletics.
During the Guangzhou Asian Games - 2010, he
lost his bronze medal by just a hundredth of a
second.
References
1. ^ "Kavita Raut sets 10,000m meet record" .
The Hindu . 19 May 2010. Retrieved 9
October 2010.
2. ^ "Qureshi equals national 100m record,
qualifies for semis"
. The Times of India . 8 October 2010.
Retrieved 8 October 2010.
3. ^ "The ‘Ukraine effect' on Indian sprinters" .
The Hindu . 8 October 2010. Archived from
the original on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 8
October 2010.
4. ^ "Qureshi equals national 100m record,
qualifies for semis"
. Rediff.com. 6 October 2010. Archived from
the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 8
October 2010.
5. ^ "4x100 Metres Relay Results" . CBC.
2010-10-12. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
6. ^ Rajeev K. (2010-10-12). "Relay quartet
stands out on night of riches" . Deccan
Herald. Archived from the original on 22
October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
7. ^ "South Asian Games 2010- Dhaka" .
asianathletics.org. 8 February 2010.
Archived from the original on 7 October
2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.

Anju Bobby George

             Anju Bobby George

Personal information
Born
19 April 1977 (age 37)
Changanassery , Kerala, India
Sport
Country
India
Sport
Athletics
Event(s)
Long jump
Triple jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
Long jump: 6.83 m NR
(Athens 2004)
Triple jump : 13.67 (Hyderabad 2002)
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze
2003 Paris
Long jump
World Athletics Final
Gold
2005 Monte Carlo
Long jump
Commonwealth Games
Bronze
2002 Manchester
Long jump
Asian Games
Gold
2002 Busan
Long jump
Silver
2006 Doha
Long jump
Asian Championships
Gold
2005 Incheon
Long jump
Silver
2007 Amman
Long jump
Updated on 10 July 2013.
Anju Bobby George (born 19 April 1977) is an
Indian athlete. Anju Bobby George made history
when she won the bronze medal in Long Jump at
the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in
Paris. With this achievement, she became the first
Indian athlete ever to win a medal in a World
Championships in Athletics jumping 6.70 m. She
went on to win the Gold medal at the IAAF World
Athletics Final in 2005, a performance she
considers her best. Anju has been upgraded to
gold status from silver in the 2005 World Athletics
Final in Monte Carlo following the disqualification of
Tatyana Kotova of Russia by the International
Association of Athletics Federations, following the
recent re-testing of the latter’s sample collected at
the 2005 World Championship in Helsinki. [1]
Early life
Anju was born in Kochuparambil family in
Changanassery , Kerala to K. T. Markose. [2] She
was initiated into athletics by her father and her
interest was further developed by her trainer in
Koruthode school. She did her schooling in CKM
Koruthode School and graduated from Vimala
College. In the school athletic meet in 1991–92,
she won the 100 m hurdles and relay and stood
second in long jump and high jump events, thus
becoming the women's champion. Anju's talent
was noticed in the national schools games where
she won third place in 100 m hurdles and 4x100
m relay. She was in Calicut University .
Professional career
Although she started with Heptathlon, she later
began to concentrate on her jump events and went
on to win long jump medal in the 1996 Delhi junior
Asian championship. In 1999 Anju set the national
record for triple jump in the Bangalore Federation
Cup and Silver medal at the South Asian Federation
Games in Nepal. In 2001 Anju bettered her own
record in long jump to 6.74 m in the National
Circuit Meet at Thiruvananthapuram . In the same
year she also won gold for triple jump and long
jump in the Ludhiana National games. Anju reigned
supreme in her events in the Hyderabad National
games also. She won the bronze medal clearing
6.49 m at the 2002 Commonwealth Games at
Manchester . She also won the gold medal at the
Asian Games in Busan.
Anju made history when she won the bronze
medal clearing 6.70 m in Long Jump at the 2003
World Championships in Athletics in Paris,
becoming the first Indian athlete ever to win a
medal in a World Championships in Athletics. She
also won a gold medal at the 2003 Afro-Asian
Games . She achieved her personal best of 6.83 m
at the 2004 Olympic Games at Athens that brought
her the sixth position. This is the current Indian
national record. [3][4]
In September 2005, Anju won the gold medal in
the women's long jump at the 16th Asian Athletics
Championship in Incheon City of South Korea with
a leap of 6.65 metres. She went on to win the Gold
medal at the IAAF World Athletics Final in 2005
with a leap of 6.75 m, a performance she
considers her best. She won silver medal in
women's long jump in 15th Asian Games, 2006
held at Doha. In 2007, Anju won silver medal in
17th Asian Athletics Championship at Amman
( Jordan) with a jump of 6.65m and this qualified
her for Osaka World Championship in August 2007
where she finished 9th. Anju start her 2008 season
with silver medal in 3rd Asian Indoor
Championship in athletics at Doha (Qatar) with a
jump of 6.38m and she improved her distance to
6.50m by winning gold in the 3rd South Asian
Athletics Championship at Kochi ( Kerala, India).
She received the prestigious Arjuna award in
2002–2003 for eminent sports persons from the
government of India and the country's highest
sporting honour, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in
2003–2004 after her success in the World Athletic
meet. She was conferred Padma Shri , India's
fourth highest civilian award in 2004. Anju was
ranked 28th in the 12 February 2007 rankings of
the International Association of Athletics
Federations (IAAF)(She was once ranked World No.
4).
Anju's journey to success from rank 61 in 2001 to
rank 6 in 2003 within a short span of two years,
was one of sheer hard work and intensive
planning. The credit for her success goes to her
husband and coach Robert Bobby George who
according to her was the biggest influence who
helped her in realising her potential and achieving
the goal. Bobby who is a Mechanical Engineer and
a former National Champion in Triple jump himself,
gave up his career to become a full-time coach to
Anju in 1998. He belongs to a prestigious sports
family and is the younger brother of the famous
volleyball player Jimmy George. Anju and Bobby,
realising that international exposure is essential for
competing in World class events made necessary
arrangements and trained with Mike Powell , a
world record holder, before the World Athletics
meet, which gave her valuable exposure in
technique.
She contested at the 2004 Athens Olympics , but
failed to win a medal. She also contested at the
2008 Beijing Olympics but failed to qualify for the
women's long jump event fouling in all her three
attempts.
Anju Bobby George pulled out of the 52nd National
inter-state athletics in Hyderabad,due to an upper
respiratory tract infection. [5]
Personal life
Anju is married to Robert Bobby George who is a
former National Champion in triple jump & her
coach too. She is employed with the Customs
department in Bangalore .The couple have a son
Aaron & a daughter Andrea. [6]
See also
List of Indian women athletes
List of Kerala Olympians
Indian Squad for 2008 Olympics
Indian national records in athletics
References
1. ^ "Anju Bobby George is now a gold
medallist" . The Hindu (Chennai, India). 14
January 2014.
2. ^ http://www.indiaonlinepages.com/sports/
athletics/athletes/anjubobby-george.html
3. ^ "National records" . ATHLETICS FEDERATION
of INDIA. 2011-12-31. Retrieved
2013-08-17.
4. ^ "Anju Bobby George is now a gold
medallist" . The Hindu (Chennai, India). 14
January 2014.
5. ^ "Anju's Olympic hopes suffer setback" . The
Times Of India . 23 June 2012.
6. ^ http://www.mangalam.com/women/
personality/138350?page=0,1