KS Jeevan

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KS Jeevan athletics
Full name Karekoppa Suresh Jeevan
nation IndiaIndia India
birthday 26th January 1993 (age 27)
place of birth Karekoppa , Karnataka , India
size 181 cm
Weight 72 kg
Career
discipline 400 meter run
Best performance 46.37 s
status active
Medal table
Asian Games 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
South Asian Games 0 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
Asian Games logo Asian Games
silver Jakarta 2018 4 × 400 m
South Asian Games
silver Kathmandu 2019 4 × 400 m
bronze Kathmandu 2019 400 m
last change: December 10, 2019

Karekoppa Suresh Jeevan (born January 26, 1993 in Karekoppa , Karnataka ) is an Indian athlete who specializes in the 400-meter run .

Athletic career

KS Jeevan gained his first international experience at the Junior World Championships 2012 in Barcelona , where he was eliminated in the first round with the Indian 4 x 400 meter relay in 3: 20.12 minutes. In 2018 the Indian relay took part in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast and was used there in advance; the season was later disqualified in the finals. At the end of August he also took part with the relay at the Asian Games in Jakarta , where he won the silver medal behind the team from Qatar. There, too, it was only used in advance. The following year he was disqualified with the relay at the Asian Championships in Doha . He then retired at the World Relays in Yokohama with 3: 06.05 min in advance, as well as at the World Championships in Doha in October with 3: 03.09 min. Shortly afterwards he won the bronze medal over 400 meters behind the Sri Lankans Aruna Dharshana and Lakmal Priyantha and silver with the relay behind the team from Sri Lanka at the South Asian Games in Kathmandu in 47.42 seconds .

Personal bests

  • 400 meters: 46.37 s, June 29, 2018 in Guwahati

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