Annu Rani

Annu Rani
Personal information
Nationality	India
Born	28 August 1992 (age 31); Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb) (2014)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	Javelin throw
Team	India
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	59.87 meters; (Hyderabad 2016) NR
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing India
Asian Games

Annu Rani (born 28 August 1992 in Meerut^[1]) is and Indian javelin thrower and is the current national record holder. ^[2] She is supported by Olympic Gold Quest , a not-for-profit foundation that identifies and supports Indian athletes.

Career

Rani, with a throw of 58.83 metres (193.0 ft) at the 2014 National Inter-State Championship in Lucknow, broke the national record previously held by Gurmeet Kaur.^[3] With this throw, she qualified for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, with the selection criteria being 58.46 metres. At the event, she finished eighth, with a best of 56.37 meters in the final. In the same year, at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, she won the bronze medal with a throw of 59.53 meters, in the process, bettered her personal best and broke the national record that she previously held.

References

^ 2014 CWG profile
^ "54th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2014" (PDF). indianathletics.in. Retrieved 23 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Annu Rani rewrites javelin record". The Hindu. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

Annu Rani at World Athletics

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[1] 2014 CWG profile

[2] "54th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2014" (PDF). indianathletics.in. Retrieved 23 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[3] "Annu Rani rewrites javelin record". The Hindu. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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