Amoj Jacob
Indian track and field athlete From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
P. A. Amoj Jacob (born 2 May 1998) is an Indian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres and the 800 metres.
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| Born | 2 May 1998 Kochi, Kerala, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | SGTB Khalsa College[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400 metres, 800 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 400m: 45.68 (2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In July 2017, Jacob was part of India's gold medal winning 4 × 400 metres relay team at the Asian Athletics Championships. The team of Jacob, Kunhu Muhammed, Arokia Rajiv and Mohammad Anas clocked 3:02.92, the season best time in Asia, to give India its first gold at the event since Seoul 1975.[3] With this performance, the team entered the Athletics World Championships in August 2017 with the sixth best timing in the world.[4] He competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the Men's 4x400 m relay event where the Indian team broke the Asian and National Records and clocked a time of 3:00.25.[5]
In 2021, Jacob won the gold medal in the 400 metres event at the 2021 Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships.[6] And finally he won a gold medal at the men's 4×400 metres relay event at the 2022 Asian Games.[7]
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