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M. P. Jabir
Jabir with his 2017 Asian Athletics Championships bronze medal
Personal information
Full nameJabir Madari Palliyalil[1][2]
Born (1996-06-08) 8 June 1996 (age 28)
Manjeri, Kerala, India
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)400 metres hurdles, 400 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400 metres hurdles: 49.13 (Doha 2019)
400 metres: 46.96 (Mladá Boleslav 2019)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  India
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bhubaneswar 400 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Doha 400 m hurdles
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kathmandu 400 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Kathmandu 4 × 400 m relay
Updated on 27 September 2019

Jabir Madari Palliyalil (born 8 June 1996), better known as M. P. Jabir, is an Indian athlete who specializes in 400 metres hurdles and 400 metres.[3]

Jabir won the bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships in 400 metres hurdles with a timing of 50.22 seconds.[4] At the same event in 2019 Asian Athletics Championships in Doha, he set his personal best timing of 49.13 to win bronze[5] and achieved the qualification standard for 2019 World Athletics Championships.[6]

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.[7]

Jabir works for the Indian Navy and is posted at Kochi, as of 2017.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Jabir MADARI PALLIYALIL". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Jabir MADARI PALLIYALIL". IAAF. Archived from the original on 17 January 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. ^ "MP Jabir qualifies for Tokyo Olympics in 400m hurdles". Sportstar. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  4. ^ Rayan, Stan (8 July 2017). "Asian athletics: Sudha brightens the day". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Gomathi runs the race of her life, gives India its first gold at the championships". The Hindu. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  6. ^ Rayan, Stan (25 April 2019). "Gomathi's surprise…and the ones that got away at the Asian Athletics Championships". Sportstar. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Tokyo 2020: Indian Navy's MP Jabir qualifes [sic] for Olympics in 400m hurdles". India Today. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  8. ^ 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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