Annu Rani
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| Nationality |
 India | ||||||||||||
| Born |
28 August 1992 Meerut, Uttar Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) (2014) | ||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||
| Team | India | ||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) |
59.87 meters (Hyderabad 2016) NR | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Annu Rani (born 28 August 1992 in Meerut[1]) is and Indian javelin thrower and is the current national record holder. [2] She is supported by Olympic Gold Quest , a not-for-profit foundation that identifies and supports Indian athletes.
Career
Rani, with a throw of 58.83 metres (193.0 ft) at the 2014 National Inter-State Championship in Lucknow, broke the national record previously held by Gurmeet Kaur.[3] With this throw, she qualified for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, with the selection criteria being 58.46 metres. At the event, she finished eighth, with a best of 56.37 meters in the final. In the same year, at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, she won the bronze medal with a throw of 59.53 meters, in the process, bettered her personal best and broke the national record that she previously held.
References
- ↑ 2014 CWG profile
- ↑ "54th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2014" (PDF). indianathletics.in. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ↑ "Annu Rani rewrites javelin record". The Hindu. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.