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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian sprinter}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}<br />
{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[Subedar]]<br />
| name = Arokia Rajiv<br />
| honorific_suffix = <br />
| image = Arokia Rajiv 2017.jpg<br />
| image_size = <br />
| caption = Rajiv at the 2017 Asian Championships<br />
| headercolor = lightblue<br />
| birth_name = <br />
| full_name = Soundararajan Arokia Rajiv<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|05|22|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Tiruchirappalli]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| education = <br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| occupation = <br />
| years_active = <br />
| height = 175 cm<ref name=glasgow2014>{{cite web |title=Arokia Rajiv |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/athletics/1026639/arokia_rajiv.html |website=results.glasgow2014.com |publisher=[[2014 Commonwealth Games]] |access-date=20 September 2015}}</ref><ref name=ind>[https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/AROKIARAJIV-3005700/ Arokiarajiv] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903150916/https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/AROKIARAJIV-3005700/ |date=3 September 2018 }}. asiangames2018.id</ref><br />
| weight = 65 kg<ref name=glasgow2014/><br />
| module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes<br />
| allegiance = {{Flag|India}}<br />
| branch = {{Army|India}}<br />
| serviceyears = <br />
| rank = [[File:Subedar - Risaldar of the Indian Army.svg|25px]] [[Subedar]]<br />
| unit = [[Madras Regiment|8 Madras]]<br />
| awards = [[Arjuna Award]]<br />
}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| sport = [[Track and field]]<br />
| event = [[400 metres]]<br />
| coach = Mohhamad Kunhi (personal)<br />Bahadur Singh Chauhan (national)<br />Radhakrishnan Nair (national)<ref name=ind/><br />
| club = Indian Army<ref name=ind/><br />
| team = <br />
| turnedpro = <br />
| highestranking = <br />
| pb = 45.37 ([[doha]] 2019)<br />
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Silver|[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games|2018 Jakarta]]|[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|Men's 4×400 m]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Gold|[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games|2018 Jakarta]]|[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay|Mixed 4×400m]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]]|[[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 400 metres|400 m]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Competition|[[South Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Gold|[[2016 South Asian Games|2016 Guwahati/Shillong]] | [[Athletics at the 2016 South Asian Games|400 m]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Gold|[[2016 South Asian Games|2016 Guwahati/Shillong]] | [[Athletics at the 2016 South Asian Games|4×400 m]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Silver|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships|2017 Bhubaneswar]]|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres|400 m]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Gold|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships|2017 Bhubaneswar]]|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4×400 m]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Competition|[[Military World Games]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Silver|[[2015 Military World Games|2015 Mungyeong]]|[[Athletics at the 2015 Military World Games|400 m]]}}<br />
| updated = 28 August 2018<br />
}}<br />
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[[Subedar]] '''Arokia Rajiv''' (born 22 May 1991) is an Indian sprinter and a [[Junior commissioned officer|Junior Commissioned Officer]] (JCO) in [[Indian Army]] who specialises in the [[400 metres]] distance. He won silver medals in the men's and mixed 4 × 400 m relays at the [[2018 Asian Games]] and placed third in the individual 400 m in 2014. He won medals in both the 400 m and 4 × 400 m events at the 2016 South Asian Games and 2017 Asian Championships. He competed in the relay at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=ind/> He competed in the [[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo Olympics]] in the Men's [[4 × 400 metres relay|{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay]] event where the Indian team broke the Asian and National Records and clocked a time of 3:00.25.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-07 |title=Tokyo 2020: Fastest in Asia, yet not quick enough in men's 4×400 relay |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/olympics/4x400-relay-fastest-in-asia-not-quick-enough-for-olympics-7442283/ |access-date=2021-08-07 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Rajiv was born in [[Tiruchirappalli]], [[Tamil Nadu]],<ref name=glasgow2014/> in a poor family. He studied at the Government Boys Higher Secondary School, [[Lalgudi]], and [[St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lalgudi youth wins bronze in Asiad |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/lalgudi-youth-wins-bronze-in-asiad/article6460713.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=30 September 2014 |access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Rajiv began his career as a [[long jump]]er before taking to [[400 metres]].<ref name=ind/> At the [[2019 Asian Championship]], he Finished 4th Place, clocking 45.37 seconds in the final.<ref>https://www.aac2019.com/index.php/results?format=raw&sub_folder=%2Fday%202%20afternoon&task=download&file=400m%20Men%20-%20Final.PDF {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> In the process, he bettered his previous best of 45.92 seconds, which he had achieved at the Asian Games in [[Incheon]] on 28 th September 2014.<ref>[[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 400 metres]]</ref> Enrolled into the 8th Battalion of the Madras Regiment of Indian Army on March 15, 2011, Subedar Arokia Rajiv was honoured by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi with the prestigious Arjuna Award for his outstanding contribution in Athletics in 2017. Subedar Arokia Rajiv becomes the second Arjuna Awardee from the Madras Regiment after Havildar Peter Thangaraj who had received the Award for his outstanding achievements as India's football goalkeeper.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2017/aug/30/proud-nation-honours-madras-regimental-centre-personnel-arokia-rajiv-with-arjuna-award-1649976.html| title = Proud nation honours Arokia Rajiv with Arjuna award- The New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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==International competitions==<br />
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="6"|Representing {{IND}}<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=2|2013<br />
|rowspan=2|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]<br />
|rowspan=2|[[Pune, India]]<br />
|6th<br />
|400 m<br />
|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres|46.63]]<br />
|-<br />
|4th<br />
|4 × 400 m relay<br />
|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:06.01]]<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=2|2014<br />
|rowspan=2|[[2014 Asian Games|Asian Games]]<br />
|rowspan=2|[[Incheon, South Korea]]<br />
|{{brca}}<br />
|400 m<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 400 metres|45.92]]<br />
|-<br />
|4th<br />
|4 × 400 m relay<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:04.61]]<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=2|2017<br />
|rowspan=2|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]<br />
|rowspan=2|[[Bhubaneswar, India]]<br />
|{{sica}}<br />
|400 m<br />
|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres|46.14]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{goca}}<br />
|4 × 400 m relay<br />
|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:02.92]]<br />
|-<br />
|2018<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games(Heat 2)]]<br />
|[[Gold Coast, Australia]]<br />
|H2- 2nd<br />
|4 × 400 m relay<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:04.05]]<sup>1</sup><br />
|}<br />
<sup>1</sup>Did not finish in the final<br />
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[[Category:Indian male sprinters]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]<br />
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