Template:Infobox athlete P. A. Amoj Jacob (born 2 May 1998) is an Indian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres and the 800 metres.
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.[1] With this performance, the team entered the Athletics World Championships in August 2017 with the sixth best timing in the world.[2] 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.[3]
In 2021, Jacob won the gold medal in the 400 metres event at the 2021 Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships.[4]And finally he won a gold medal at the men's 4×400 metres relay event at the 2022 Asian Games.[5]
References
- ↑ Asian Athletics Championships 2017: Deconstruction of the gold standard. The Indian Express(12 July 2017).
- ↑ India at the London World Athletics Championships. The Hindu(5 August 2017).
- ↑ Tokyo 2020: Fastest in Asia, yet not quick enough in men’s 4×400 relay. The Indian Express(2021-08-07). Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ↑ We have the team to finish among the top five: Amoj Jacob. The Hindu(2021-06-05). Retrieved 2021-11-22.
- ↑ Asian Games Results. Asian Games, Hangzhou 2022(4 October 2023). Retrieved 4 October 2023.