Jabir Madari Palliyalil (born 8 June 1996), better known as M. P. Jabir, is an Indian athlete who specializes in 400 metres hurdles and 400 metres.[1]
Jabir won the bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships in 400 metres hurdles with a timing of 50.22 seconds.[2] At the same event in 2019 Asian Athletics Championships in Doha, he set his personal best timing of 49.13 to win bronze[3] and achieved the qualification standard for 2019 World Athletics Championships.[4]
Jabir became the first Indian male athlete to qualify for the 400m hurdles in Olympics, after earning qualification for the event in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]
Jabir works for the Indian Navy and is posted at Kochi, as of 2017.[6]
References
- ↑ MP Jabir qualifies for Tokyo Olympics in 400m hurdles. Sportstar. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ↑ Asian athletics: Sudha brightens the day. The Hindu(8 July 2017). Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ↑ Gomathi runs the race of her life, gives India its first gold at the championships. The Hindu(22 April 2019). Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ↑ Gomathi's surprise…and the ones that got away at the Asian Athletics Championships. Sportstar(25 April 2019). Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ↑ Tokyo 2020: Indian Navy’s MP Jabir Template:Sic for Olympics in 400m hurdles. India Today(July 1, 2021). Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ↑ Anu Raghavan and MP Jabir overcome hurdles to clinch titles. The New Indian Express(16 July 2017). Retrieved 28 September 2019.