Anu Raghavan

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Anu Raghavan
Anu Raghavan Silver 400m Hurdles competitors (cropped).jpg
Raghavan with the 400m hurdles silver medal at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships
Personal information
Born (1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 31)
Palakkad, Kerala, India
Sport
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 400 metres, 400 metres hurdles
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Asian Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Bhubaneswar 400m hurdles


Asian Games
2018 Jakarta-Palembang 400m hurdles

Anu Raghavan (born 20 April 1993) is an Indian sprinter who competes in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles events.

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In 2016, she filed a case in the Kerala High Court against Athletics Federation of India (AFI), after having been left out of the Indian 4 × 400 metres relay team for the 2016 Summer Olympics, calling it a battle against "corruption and nepotism within the Federation." [1] [2] She stated that she was left out of the Olympics contingent as well as the South Asian Games contingent earlier that year because she "chose to train outside the national camp." [3]

Raghavan won the silver medal in the 400 metres hurdles event at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships, clocking a time of 57.22 seconds.

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Raghavan won the bronze medal in the 400 metres hurdles event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta-Palembang where she clocked a timing of 56.92. She was awarded the medal after the Gold medal winner Kemi Adekoya from Bahrain was disqualified due to the consumption of a banned substance.

Career

International Performance [5]
DateCompetitionEventCountryCategoryRacePositionResult
12 July 2012 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics 400m Hurdles Spain CH471:01.14
8 July 2013Kazan Universiade400m Hurdles Russia BH161:02.74
4 June 2015 2015 Asian Athletics Championships 400m Hurdles China

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57.79
6 June 2015 2015 Asian Athletics Championships 400m Hurdles China AF457.79
11 June 2016 Erzurum 400m Turkey FF2155.18
12 June 2016Erzurum Sprint/Relay Challenge Cup4x400 Metres Relay Turkey FF23:34.72
18 June 2016 Kędzierzyn-Koźle 400m Poland FF1154.27
24 June 2016 Bydgoszcz 400m Poland FF453.72
7 July 2017 2017 Asian Athletics Championships 400m Hurdles India GLH2358.26
8 July 2017 2017 Asian Athletics Championships 400m Hurdles India GLF257.22
28 July 2018 Czech Athletics Championships 400m Hurdles Czech Republic BH4359.36
15 August 2018 Czech Athletics Championships 400m Hurdles Czech Republic FF257.43
26 August 2018 2018 Asian Games 400m Hurdles Indonesia AH2356.77
27 August 2018 2018 Asian Games 400m Hurdles Indonesia AF3 [6] 56.92


Personal Bests [5]
DisciplinePerformancePlaceDateResults Score
200 Metres25.12 Patiala 28 December 2013931
400 Metres53.54 New Delhi 29 April 20161067
400 Metres Hurdles56.77 Jakarta 26 August 20181118
4x400 Metres Relay3:34.72 Erzurum 12 June 20161099

Rio Olympics 2016

Despite being a member of the World Championship 2015, Beijing and Asian Meet 2015 at Wulan, China, Raghavan was excluded from the 4 x 400 relay team set to represent India at the Rio Olympics 2016. Her petition alleged that the AFI as well as the Sports Authority of India (SAI), based on recommendations made by Yuri Ogorodnik- the national track and field coach- picked a slower and dope-tainted Ashwini Akkunji instead of Raghavan.

The Rio-bound team consisted of M. R. Poovamma, Nirmala Sheoran, Anilda Thomas and Debashree Mazumdar, with two 'reserve' spots contested by Raghavan, Akkunji, Priyanka Pawar and Jisna Mathew. The AFI and Ogorodnik later came to the decision that the spots be given away to Mathew and Akkunji.

Claiming injustice, Raghavan sought legal resort and filed a petition with the Kerala High Court, which later directed the AFI to include Raghavan in the team. However, the AFI claimed that the last date for inclusion of athletes had already passed. She also said that the AFI cited Akkunji's experience as the criterion for her selection,"but they are defending her with her performance record from six years back". [5]

In November 2015, the AFI also asked Raghavan to join a national camp, and any athlete who fails to fails to attend the camp would not be considered for the Olympics. Raghavan, however, pointed out that her post-graduate education would be adversely impacted if she attends the camp, which solicited no response from the AFI.

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