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