Английская Википедия:Arokia Rajiv
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Subedar Arokia Rajiv (born 22 May 1991) is an Indian sprinter and a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in Indian Army who specialises in the 400 metres distance. He won silver medals in the men's and mixed 4 × 400 m relays at the 2018 Asian Games and placed third in the individual 400 m in 2014. He won medals in both the 400 m and 4 × 400 m events at the 2016 South Asian Games and 2017 Asian Championships. He competed in the relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] He competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the Men's [[4 × 400 metres relay|Шаблон:Nowrap relay]] event where the Indian team broke the Asian and National Records and clocked a time of 3:00.25.[2]
Early life
Rajiv was born in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu,[3] in a poor family. He studied at the Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Lalgudi, and St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli.[4]
Career
Rajiv began his career as a long jumper before taking to 400 metres.[1] At the 2019 Asian Championship, he Finished 4th Place, clocking 45.37 seconds in the final. In the process, he bettered his previous best of 45.92 seconds, which he had achieved at the Asian Games in Incheon on 28 th September 2014.[5] Enrolled into the 8th Battalion of the Madras Regiment of Indian Army on March 15, 2011, Subedar Arokia Rajiv was honoured by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi with the prestigious Arjuna Award for his outstanding contribution in Athletics in 2017. Subedar Arokia Rajiv becomes the second Arjuna Awardee from the Madras Regiment after Havildar Peter Thangaraj who had received the Award for his outstanding achievements as India's football goalkeeper.[6]
International competitions
| Representing Шаблон:IND | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Asian Championships | Pune, India | 6th | 400 m | 46.63 |
| 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:06.01 | |||
| 2014 | Asian Games | Incheon, South Korea | Шаблон:Brca | 400 m | 45.92 |
| 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.61 | |||
| 2017 | Asian Championships | Bhubaneswar, India | Шаблон:Sica | 400 m | 46.14 |
| Шаблон:Goca | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:02.92 | |||
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games(Heat 2) | Gold Coast, Australia | H2- 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.051 |
1Did not finish in the final
References
External links
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