Annu Rani

Annu Rani

Personal information
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 Women's athletics Representing  India Asian Games 2014 Incheon Javelin

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

1. 2014 CWG profile
2. "54th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2014" (PDF). indianathletics.in. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
3. "Annu Rani rewrites javelin record". The Hindu. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

External links

• Annu Rani profile at IAAF