Annu Rani
 Rani during 22nd Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  India | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 August 1992 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 | 60.01 meters (Hyderabad 2016) NR | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Annu Rani (born 28 August 1992 in Meerut[1]) is an 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, bettering her own national record. She Born in Jatt Farmer Family in Dabthuwa Village of Meerut.
In Bhubaneswar in Odisha at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships Rani took a bronze medal with a throw of 57.32m.[4]
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) - ^ "My Body Was Not In Form Says Javelin Thrower Annu Rani". deccanchronicle.com/. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
External links
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Indian female javelin throwers
- 21st-century Indian women
- People from Meerut
- Commonwealth Games competitors for India
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Asian Games competitors for India
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
- Sportswomen from Uttar Pradesh
- Asian Games bronze medalists for India
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Athletes from Uttar Pradesh