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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| name = Kumaravel Premkumar<br />
| image = Kumaravel Premkumar.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1993|02|06}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Thanjavur]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| spouse = Neelofar<br />
| children = <br />
| weight = <br />
| website = <br />
| club = St. Joseph's Sports Academy<br />
| country = India<br />
| sport = Track & Field<br />
| event = [[Long jump]]<br />
| collegeteam = <br />
| coach =Jamie Nieto<br />
| pb = '''Long jump (outdoor)''': 8.09 (New Delhi 2013) <br /> '''Long jump (indoor)''': 7.92 (Doha 2016)<br />
| medaltemplates=<br />
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Athletics Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2013 Asian Athletics Championships|2013 Pune]]|Long jump}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[2012 Asian junior Athletics Championships|2012 Colombo]]|Long jump}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Indoor Athletics Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|2012 Hangzhou]]|Long jump}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2016 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|2016 Doha]]|Long jump}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[South Asian Athletics Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2016 South Asian Athletics Championships|2016 Guwathti]]|Long jump}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kumaravel Premkumar''' (born 2 June 1993) is an Indian [[long jump]]er from [[Tamil Nadu]]. He is the [[List of Indian records in athletics|national record-holder]] in both the indoor and outdoor long jump. He won a bronze medal at the [[2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships]] and a silver at the [[2013 Asian Athletics Championships]].<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Premkumar was born on 6 February 1993 in Kumbakonam, [[Thanjavur]], Tamil Nadu. He was one year old when his father died, after which he was raised by his mother, Uma Rani. His mother worked in a [[Trichy-Tanjore Diocese|local]] church to provide for the family.<ref name="India Today">{{cite journal | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20120917-rural-rockstars-kumaravel-premkumar-759713-2012-09-07 | title=Rural Rockstars: Kumaravel Premkumar | author=Kumaraswami, Lakshmi | journal=[[India Today]]| date=8 September 2012}}</ref> He attended [[St.Antony's Higher Secondary School (Thanjavur)|St. Antony's School, Thanjavur]] where physical education teacher Suresh recognised Premkumar's potential and encouraged him to pursue athletics. As a teenager in 2010, Premkumar moved to Chennai to train under coach P. Nagarajan. He joined [[Pachaiyappa's College]] Higher Secondary School, and was coached by Nagarajan at the Prime Sports Academy. He passed [[Higher Secondary Examination]] in 2012.<ref name="Personal">{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Chennais-Olympics-hopefuls-Kumaravel-Premkumar/articleshow/15322402.cms | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130809134630/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-02/chennai/32999949_1_national-record-national-camp-odd-jobs | url-status=live | archive-date=9 August 2013 | title=Chennai's Olympics hopefuls: Kumaravel Premkumar | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=2 August 2012 | agency=Times News Network | access-date=9 August 2013 | author=Hardy, James | location=Chennai}}</ref><br />
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==Sporting career==<br />
[[File:Kumaravel Premkumar long jump progression.png|left|thumb|300px|Premkumar's seasons' best distances (in metres)]]<br />
Premkumar trains with coach P. Nagarajan at St. Joseph's Sports Academy, Chennai. He represented the academy at the 84th Senior State Athletics Championship held in [[Coimbatore]] in May 2011, and won a gold medal with a jump of {{convert|7.75|m|ft}}.<ref name="Senior State Athletics Championship">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/record-double-for-suriya/article2040641.ece | title=Record double for Suriya | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=23 May 2011 | accessdate=9 August 2013 | location=Chennai}}</ref> He represented Tamil Nadu at the South Zone Junior Athletics Championship held in Chennai in August 2011. He set a new national junior record with {{convert|7.52|m|ft}} and won gold.<ref name="South Zone Junior Athletics Championship">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/premkumar-jessy-steal-the-limelight/article3799701.ece | title=Premkumar, Jessy steal the limelight | work=[[The Hindu]] | location=Chennai | date=21 August 2012 | accessdate=9 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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Premkumar participated in the [[2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships]] that took place in [[Hangzhou]], China. He won a bronze medal and set the national indoor record with a {{convert|7.62|m|ft|adj=on}} jump. The previous record was held by Maha Singh, who jumped {{convert|7.49|m|ft}} at the [[2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships]] in [[Pattaya]], [[Thailand]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://post.jagran.com/Kumaravel-Premkumar-wins-bronze-in-Asian-Indoor-Athletics-1329588081 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062646/http://post.jagran.com/Kumaravel-Premkumar-wins-bronze-in-Asian-Indoor-Athletics-1329588081 | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 March 2016 | title=Kumaravel Premkumar wins bronze in Asian Indoor Athletics | date=18 February 2012 | accessdate=11 August 2013 | publisher=Jagran Prakashan}}</ref> Premkumar was the only Indian to win a medal at the championships.<ref name="Personal" /> He competed in the [[2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics|2012 World Junior Championships]] in [[Barcelona]], Spain and finished 16th in the [[2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics&nbsp;– Men's long jump#Qualification|qualification round]] with the best jump of {{convert|7.38|m|ft}}, which was not sufficient to qualify him for the final.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.all-athletics.com/node/594970?results=by-event&event=10229617 | title=Barcelona IAAF World Junior Championships&nbsp;– Competition Results&nbsp;– Men's Long Jump | publisher=All-athletics.com | accessdate=13 August 2013}}</ref> He set his personal best of {{convert|8|m|ft}} at the National Inter-State Championships in Chennai in June 2013.<ref name="AFI">{{cite news | url=http://www.indianathletics.in/news.php | title=Prem Kumar and Sudha Singh provides the silver-lining on the third day | date=5 July 2013 | accessdate=11 August 2013 | publisher=[[Athletics Federation of India]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805030606/http://www.indianathletics.in/news.php | archive-date=5 August 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> A month after the championships, Premkumar won a silver medal at the [[2013 Asian Athletics Championships]] in [[Pune]] with the best jump of {{convert|7.92|m|ft}}.<ref name="AFI" /><ref>{{cite news | url=http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/athletics/210346-sudha-singh-fails-to-win-gold-india-slip-to-6th-in-asian-athletics-championships | title=Sudha Singh fails to win gold, India slip to 6th in Asian Athletics Championships | date=5 July 2013 | agency=[[Press Trust of India]] | accessdate=11 August 2013 | location=[[Pune]] | publisher=[[NDTV]]}}</ref><br />
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Premkumar failed to qualify for the [[2013 World Championships in Athletics|2013 World Championships]] because his {{convert|8.12|m|ft|adj=on}} jump (more than the [[Qualifying standards in athletics|'B' qualifying standard]] for the championships) at a meet in the [[United States Olympic Training Center]] in [[Chula Vista, California]], was [[Wind assistance|wind assisted]] beyond the 2&nbsp;metres per second permissible limit, cancelling out the [[List of Indian records in athletics|national record]] and the qualifying effort.<ref name="2013 World Championships">{{cite news | url=http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/athletics/211114-heartbreak-for-long-jumper-prem-kumar-wind-assisted-812-metres-will-not-count | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130811154932/http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/athletics/211114-heartbreak-for-long-jumper-prem-kumar-wind-assisted-812-metres-will-not-count | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 August 2013 | title=Heartbreak for long jumper Prem Kumar, wind-assisted 8.12 metres will not count | date=20 July 2013 | agency=[[Press Trust of India]] | accessdate=11 August 2013 | publisher=[[NDTV]] }}</ref><ref name="National Record">{{cite news | url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/premkumar-jumps-8.09-m-breaks-nineyearold-long-jump-mark/1151611/ | title=Premkumar jumps 8.09 m, breaks nine-year-old long jump mark | work=[[The Indian Express]] | date=6 August 2013 | accessdate=13 August 2013 | author=Selvaraj, Jonathan | location=[[New Delhi]]}}</ref> At the 79th Railways Athletic Championships in [[New Delhi]], he represented [[Integral Coach Factory]] team. He won the gold and cleared a distance of {{convert|8.09|m|ft}} in the men's long jump final to erase a nine-year-old national record of {{convert|8.08|m|ft}}, set by [[Amritpal Singh (track and field)|Amritpal Singh]] in 2002 at the 10th Federation Cup Athletics Championships in New Delhi.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/prem-kumar-leaps-to-a-new-mark/article4994010.ece | title=Prem Kumar leaps to a new mark | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=6 August 2013 | accessdate=13 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="Singh's Record">{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/17/stories/2004031707572000.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040703105255/http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/17/stories/2004031707572000.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=3 July 2004 | title=Amritpal betters Yohannan record | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=16 March 2004 | accessdate=13 August 2013 | author=Mohan, K. P. | location=[[New Delhi]]}}</ref> Premkumar was declared best athlete of the championships for his record-breaking performance, and was awarded with the [[Josip Broz Tito|Marshal Tito]] Cup.<ref name="RailNews">{{cite news | url=http://www.railnews.co.in/?p=12844 | title=Prem Kumar adjudged Best Athlete in Rlys Championships, subject to dope test clearance | date=9 August 2013 | accessdate=13 August 2013 | location=[[New Delhi]] | publisher=[[Indian Railways|RailNews]]}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*{{Portal-inline|Athletics}}<br />
*[[Sports in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{World Athletics||name=Kumaravel Prem Kumar}}<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:1993 births]]<br />
[[Category:People from Thanjavur district]]<br />
[[Category:Indian men long jumpers]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil sportspeople]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Athletics Championships medalists]]</div>Manish