M._P._Jabir

M. P. Jabir

M. P. Jabir

Indian athlete

Jabir Madari Pilliyalil (born 8 June 1996), better known as M. P. Jabir, is an Indian athlete who specializes in 400 metres hurdles and 400 metres.[2]

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Jabir won the bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships in 400 metres hurdles with a timing of 50.22 seconds.[3] At the same event in 2019 Asian Athletics Championships in Doha, he set his personal best timing of 49.13 to win bronze[4] and achieved the qualification standard for 2019 World Athletics Championships.[5]

Jabir became the first Indian male athlete to qualify for the 400m hurdles in Olympics, after earning qualification for the event in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]

Jabir works for the Indian Navy and is posted at Kochi, as of 2017.[7]

References

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    "Jabir Madari Pillyalil". IAAF. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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    "MP Jabir qualifies for Tokyo Olympics in 400m hurdles". Sportstar. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
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    Rayan, Stan (8 July 2017). "Asian athletics: Sudha brightens the day". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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    "Gomathi runs the race of her life, gives India its first gold at the championships". The Hindu. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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    Rayan, Stan (25 April 2019). "Gomathi's surprise…and the ones that got away at the Asian Athletics Championships". Sportstar. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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    "Tokyo 2020: Indian Navy's MP Jabir qualifes [sic] for Olympics in 400m hurdles". India Today. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
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    Srinivasan, Aneesh (16 July 2017). "Anu Raghavan and MP Jabir overcome hurdles to clinch titles". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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