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{{short description|Indian sprinter and hurdler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox athlete
| name = Anu Raghavan
| image = Anu Raghavan Silver 400m Hurdles competitors (cropped).jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Raghavan with the 400m hurdles silver medal at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships
| country = {{IND}}
| sport = [[Track and field]]
| event = [[400 metres]], [[400 metres hurdles]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1993|4|20}}
| birth_place = [[Palakkad]], [[Kerala]], India
| height=
| weight=
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Women's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{IND}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships|2017 Bhubaneswar]]|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles|400m hurdles]]}}
}}
'''Anu Raghavan''' (born 20 April 1993) is an Indian [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]] who competes in the [[400 metres]] and [[400 metres hurdles]] events.

In 2016, she filed a case in the [[Kerala High Court]] against [[Athletics Federation of India]] (AFI), after having been left out of the Indian 4 × 400 metres relay team for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]], calling it a battle against "corruption and nepotism within the Federation."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Navneet|title=Athlete Anu Raghavan goes to court over Rio relay team omission|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/athlete-anu-raghavan-goes-to-court-over-rio-relay-team-omission/story-6bOJcSVeTZmaTJLy1yHACO.html|accessdate=14 August 2017|work=Hindustan Times|date=22 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nepotism cost me Olympics spot, alleges Anu Raghavan|url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/sports/other-sports/nepotism-cost-me-olympics-spot-runner-anu-raghavan.html|accessdate=14 August 2017|work=Manorama Online|date=22 July 2016}}</ref> She stated that she was left out of the Olympics contingent as well as the South Asian Games contingent earlier that year because she "chose to train outside the national camp."<ref>{{cite news|last1=AS|first1=Shan|title=Revenge and record for Anu in grudge race|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2017/jun/02/revenge-and-record-for-anu-in-grudge-race-1611912.html|accessdate=14 August 2017|work=The New Indian Express|date=2 June 2017}}</ref>

Raghavan won the silver medal in the [[2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles|400 metres hurdles event]] at the [[2017 Asian Athletics Championships]], clocking a time of 57.22 seconds.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Misra|first1=Sundeep|title=Asian Athletics Championships: Anu Raghavan proves a point with silver, Sudha Singh secures gold|url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/asian-athletics-championships-anu-raghavan-proves-a-point-with-silver-sudha-singh-secures-gold-3792291.html|accessdate=14 August 2017|work=Firstpost|date=9 July 2017}}</ref>

== Career ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+International Performance<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/india/raghavan-anu-261260|title=Raghavan ANU {{!}} Profile {{!}} iaaf.org|website=www.iaaf.org|access-date=2019-07-27}}</ref>
!Date
!Competition
!Event
!Country
!Category
!Race
!Position
!Result
|-
|12 July 2012
|[[2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics]]
|400m Hurdles
|[[Spain]]
|C
|H4
|7
|1:01.14
|-
|08 July 2013
|Kazan Universiade
|400m Hurdles
|[[Russia]]
|B
|H1
|6
|1:02.74
|-
|04 June 2015
|[[2015 Asian Athletics Championships]]
|400m Hurdles
|[[China]]
4
|57.79
|-
|06 June 2015
|[[2015 Asian Athletics Championships]]
|400m Hurdles
|[[China]]
|A
|F
|4
|57.79
|-
|11 June 2016
|[[Erzurum]]
|400m
|[[Turkey]]
|F
|F2
|1
|55.18
|-
|12 June 2016
|Erzurum Sprint/Relay Challenge Cup
|4x400 Metres Relay
|[[Turkey]]
|F
|F
|2
|3:34.72
|-
|18 June 2016
|[[Kędzierzyn-Koźle]]
|400m
|[[Poland]]
|F
|F1
|1
|54.27
|-
|24 June 2016
|[[Bydgoszcz]]
|400m
|[[Poland]]
|F
|F
|4
|53.72
|-
|07 July 2017
|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships]]
|400m Hurdles
|[[India]]
|GL
|H2
|3
|58.26
|-
|08 July 2017
|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships]]
|400m Hurdles
|[[India]]
|GL
|F
|2
|57.22
|-
|28 July 2018
|[[Czech Athletics Championships]]
|400m Hurdles
|[[Czech Republic]]
|B
|H4
|3
|59.36
|-
|15 August 2018
|[[Czech Athletics Championships]]
|400m Hurdles
|[[Czech Republic]]
|F
|F
|2
|57.43
|-
|26 August 2018
|[[2018 Asian Games]]
|400m Hurdles
|[[Indonesia]]
|A
|H2
|3
|56.77
|-
|27 August 2018
|[[2018 Asian Games]]
|400m Hurdles
|[[Indonesia]]
|A
|F
|3<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/asiad-champion-tests-positive-anu-raghavan-to-get-400m-hurdles-bronze/articleshow/67608312.cms|title=Asiad champion tests positive, Anu Raghavan to get 400m hurdles bronze - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-07-27}}</ref>
|56.92
|}
<br />
{| class="wikitable"
|+Personal Bests<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/india/raghavan-anu-261260|title=Raghavan ANU {{!}} Profile {{!}} iaaf.org|website=www.iaaf.org|access-date=2019-07-27}}</ref>
!Discipline
!Performance
!Place
!Date
!Results Score
|-
|200 Metres
|25.12
|[[Patiala]]
|28 December 2013
|931
|-
|400 Metres
|53.54
|[[New Delhi]]
|29 April 2016
|1067
|-
|400 Metres Hurdles
|56.77
|[[Jakarta]]
|26 August 2018
|1118
|-
|4x400 Metres Relay
|3:34.72
|[[Erzurum]]
|12 June 2016
|1099
|}

== Rio Olympics 2016 ==
Despite being a member of the World Championship 2015, Beijing and Asian Meet 2015 at Wulan, China, Raghavan was excluded from the 4 x 400 relay team set to represent India at the Rio Olympics 2016. Her petition alleged that the AFI as well as the [[Sports Authority of India]] (SAI), based on recommendations made by Yuri Ogorodnik- the national track and field coach- picked a slower and dope-tainted [[Ashwini Akkunji]] instead of Raghavan.

The Rio-bound team consisted of [[M. R. Poovamma]], [[Nirmala Sheoran]], [[Anilda Thomas]] and [[Debashree Mazumdar]], with two 'reserve' spots contested by Raghavan, Akkunji, [[Priyanka Pawar]] and [[Jisna Mathew]]. The AFI and Ogorodnik later came to the decision that the spots be given away to Mathew and Akkunji.

Claiming injustice, Raghavan sought legal resort and filed a petition with the Kerala High Court, which later directed the AFI to include Raghavan in the team. However, the AFI claimed that the last date for inclusion of athletes had already passed. She also said that the AFI cited Akkunji's experience as the criterion for her selection,"but they are defending her with her performance record from six years back".<ref name=":0" />

In November 2015, the AFI also asked Raghavan to join a national camp, and any athlete who fails to fails to attend the camp would not be considered for the Olympics. Raghavan, however, pointed out that her post-graduate education would be adversely impacted if she attends the camp, which solicited no response from the AFI.

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:1993 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian female sprinters]]
[[Category:Indian female hurdlers]]
[[Category:Athletes from Palakkad]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Kerala]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games]]

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