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Devarakeshavi Prakasha Manu (born 24 January 2000) is an Indian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw.
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| Birth name | Devarakeshavi Prakasha Manu | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 January 2000 Belur, Karnataka, India | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 84.35 m (2022) | ||||||||||||||
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From Hassan, Manu was trained from 2020 in Pune by Kashinath Naik. In June 2022, Manu threw a personal best of 84.35m to win the Inter-State championships in Chennai. This distance made him the fourth best Indian javelin thrower of all time.[1] He won the Indian national championships in June 2022.[2]
Manu finished fifth in the javelin at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[3][4] Overall in 2022, he threw further than 80 metres in five out of his nine competitions.[5]
In July 2023, he threw over 81 metres to win silver at the Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok.[6] He was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023. He qualified for the final with a 81.31m throw, then threw 84.14m to place 6th.[7]
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