 | This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Kunhu Muhammed" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
.jpg) Amoj Jacob,Muhammed Anas, Kunhu Mohammed And Arokia Rajiv(Gold Winners) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | (1987-03-05) 5 March 1987 (age 37) Mannarkkad, Palakkad district, Kerala, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kunhu Muhammed Puthanpurakkal (born 5 March 1987) is an Indian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres event. He participated in the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
In July 2016, Muhammed was part of the relay team that broke the national 4 × 400 metres relay at Bangalore and qualified for the Olympics. The quartet of Muhammed, Mohammad Anas, Ayyasamy Dharun and Arokia Rajiv clocked 3:00:91, rewriting the national record of 3:02.17 set by themselves four weeks earlier in Turkey. The performance also helped the relay team jump to 13th place in the world rankings. Muhammed is a 3-time Asian Games finalist and national champion.
References
- "India's 4x400m relay team sets Asian mark, still falls short of final spot in Tokyo Olympics". Hindustan Times. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- "India's 4x400m relay teams qualify for Rio Olympics". Rediff. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- "Kunhu Muhammed Profile: 4x400m Relay". The Indian Express. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
External links
- Kunhu Muhammed at World Athletics
- Kunhu Muhammed at Olympedia
- Kunhu Muhammed at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Palakkad district
- Indian male sprinters
- Athletes from Kerala
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Olympic athletes for India
- South Asian Games gold medalists for India
- South Asian Games silver medalists for India
- South Asian Games medalists in athletics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for India
- Asian Athletics Championships winners