Devarakeshavi Prakasha Manu (born 24 January 2000) is an Indian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin.
Career
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.[7]
References
- ↑ DP Manu raises benchmark for India's next-gen javelin stars, Vasudevan, Shyam. espn(June 12, 2022).
- ↑ National Open Athletics Championships 2022: DP Manu wins javelin throw gold medal, Venkat, Rahul. Olympics.com(27 June 2022).
- ↑ Athletics Commonwealth Games 2022, Highlights: Eldhose Paul, Aboobacker on podium in triple jump; Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem wins javelin gold. Sportstar.thehindu.com(8 August 2022).
- ↑ Commonwealth Games: Athletics - Men's Javelin results. BBC Sport(7 August 2022).
- ↑ Manu DP is ready to emerge out of Neeraj Chopra’s shadow as India’s next javelin champion, Amsan, Andrew. Indian Express(December 28, 2022).
- ↑ Manu DP bags silver medal in men’s Javelin Throw with a throw of 81.01m, Kakkar, Anmol. khelnow.com(July 17, 2023).
- ↑ Four Indian javelin throwers qualify for World Cships but not all going as one is injured. devdiacourse(2 August 2023).