Anil Kumar Prakash

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Anil Kumar
Personal information
Full name Anil Kumar Prakash
Nationality  India
Born August 28, 1978 (1978-08-28) (age 33)
Haripad, Kerala, India
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight 75 kg (170 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(1978-08-28)) 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]

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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 Srilanka’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. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/anil-kumar-prakash-1.html. Retrieved 2009-09-06. 
  2. ^ "Indian Championships and Games". gbrathletics.com. http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/ind.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-06. 
  3. ^ "Anil Kumar breaks the National 100-m record". The Times of India. 2005-08-25. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1210078.cms. Retrieved 2009-09-05. 
  4. ^ a b Nair, Avinash (2000-07-18). "Anil Kumar runs a one horse race". Chennai, India: The Hindu. http://www.hindu.com/2000/07/18/stories/07180112.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-05. 
  5. ^ "Official Website of Athletics Federation of India: NATIONAL RECORDS as on 21.3.2009". Athletics Federation of INDIA. http://www.indianathletics.org/isr.php. Retrieved 2009-09-05. 
  6. ^ "Sydney2000 Results: Official Results - 4 X 100 METRES - Men - Round 1". International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/4X1/Rh128.html. Retrieved 2009-09-05. 
  7. ^ a b "The fastest Indian sprinter does not talk big, he simply performs". The Indian Express. 2000-07-29. http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/20000730/isp30027.html. Retrieved 2009-09-05. 
  8. ^ a b "Anil Kumar, Saraswathi emerge fastest". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2002-05-06. http://www.hindu.com/2002/05/06/stories/2002050604392000.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-06. 
  9. ^ "Anil Kumar emerges fastest". The Indian Express. 1999-02-21. http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19990221/isp21044.html. Retrieved 2009-09-06. 
  10. ^ "Kumar improves Indian 100m record". International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF). http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=31854.html. Retrieved 2009-09-06. 
  11. ^ "Anil Kumar equals his own record". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2002-05-02. http://www.hindu.com/2002/05/02/stories/2002050202192000.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-06. 
  12. ^ "Anil Kumar steals the show". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2004-03-19. http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/19/stories/2004031907922000.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-06. 
  13. ^ "Binu attains Olympic qualification mark". Rediff.com. 2004-04-15. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/apr/15ath.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-06. 
  14. ^ Asian Championships - GBR Athletics

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