Anu Raghavan

Anu Raghavan
Anu Raghavan (left) in Bhubaneswar 2017
nation	India
birthday	20th April 1993 (age 27)
place of birth	Alathur , Kerala , India
size	163 cm
Weight	52 kg
Career
discipline	400 meter hurdles
Best performance	56.77 s
Trainer	PB Jaikumar
status	active
Medal table
Asian Games 0 × 0 × 1 × Asian Championships 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Asian Games bronze Jakarta 2018 400 m hurdles Asian Championships silver Bhubaneswar 2017 400 m hurdles
last change: July 29, 2019

Anu Raghavan (born April 20, 1993 in Alathur , Kerala ) is an Indian hurdler who specializes in the 400 meter distance .

Athletic career

Anu Raghavan gained her first experience in international competitions at the Junior World Championships 2012 in Barcelona , where she was eliminated in the first round over 400 m hurdles in 61.14 s. The following year she took part in the Summer Universiade in Kazan and was eliminated there with 62.74 seconds in the lead. In 2015 she was fourth in the Asian Championships in Wuhan in 57.79 s and two years later she won the silver medal behind the Vietnamese Nguyễn Thị Huyền at the championships in Bhubaneswar, home, in 57.22 s . In 2018 she took part in the Asian Games in Jakarta for the first time, finishing fourth there in 56.92 s. After the disqualification of the original winner Kemi Adekoya in Bahrain, Raghavan was awarded the bronze medal.

In 2015, Raghavan was Indian champion in the 400 m hurdles and with the 4 x 400 meter relay. She studied zoology at Vimala College in Thrissur .

Lawsuit against the Indian Athletics Federation

In July 2016 Raghavan filed a lawsuit in the Kerala High Court against the Indian Athletics Federation (AFI) against their non return visit for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro one. According to Raghavan, she was only not nominated for the 4 x 400 meter relay because she trained with her personal trainer PB Jaikumar instead of with the national coach Jurij Ohorodnik . The court found the athlete right and forced the association to nominate Raghavan, but the nomination period had already expired.

Personal best

• 400 meters: 53.54 s, April 29, 2016 in New Delhi
• 400 m hurdles: 56.77 s, August 26, 2018 in Jakarta

Web links

Commons : Anu Raghavan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Anu Raghavan in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Navneet Singh: Athlete Anu Raghavan goes to court over Rio relay team omission. Hindustan Times , July 22, 2016, accessed September 21, 2018 .