Mohammad Anas

Mohammad Anas Yahiya
Anas at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
Born (1994-09-17) 17 September 1994
Kallambalam, Kerala, India[1][2]
Education Computer science
Alma mater Sree Krishna College, Guruvayur
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 200 metres, 400 metres
Club Indian Navy[2]
Coached by Galina Bukharina
PB Jaikumar (personal)[2]
Mohammed Kunji (personal)[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 200 m – 20.63 (2018)
400 m – 45.24 (NR, 2018)[3]
Medal record
Representing  India
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta400 m
2018 JakartaMixed 4×400 m
2018 JakartaMen's 4×400 m
South Asian Games
2016 GuwahatiMen's 4×400 m
Asian Championships
2017 Bhubaneswar400 m
2017 BhubaneswarMen's 4×400 m
Updated on 28 August 2018.

Mohammad Anas Yahiya (born 17 September 1994) is an Indian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres distance. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 400 metres and the 4 × 400 m relay, and holds the national record (45.31) in the 400 meters, which he set at the 2018 Czech Athletics Championships.[4]

Anas earlier broke the national 400 m record at the Polish Athletics Championships in June 2016, clocking 45.40 seconds, the exact qualification mark for the 2016 Olympics.[5] He became the third Indian athlete to qualify for this Olympic event, after Milkha Singh (1956 and 1960) and K. M. Binu (2004).[6]

In July 2016, Anas was part of the relay team that broke the national 4 × 400 metres record in Bangalore and qualified for the Rio Olympics. The quartet of Anas, Kunhu Muhammed, Ayyasamy Dharun and Arokia Rajiv clocked 3:00:91, improving their own record of 3:02.17 set four weeks earlier in Turkey. This result placed them 13th in the world ranking.[7]

At the 2018 Asian Games, Anas won three silver medals, in the individual 400 m, and men's 4×400 m and mixed 4×400 m relays.[8] At the 2018 Commonwealth Games he placed fourth in the 400 m, while his men's 4×400 m failed to finish.[1]

Anas took up athletics at the Style Sports Academy in Nilamel. He initially trained in the long jump, and changed to 400 m by chance, when his school team was looking for a last-minute replacement for a 400 m competition. His younger brother competed in the long jump at the 2017 World University Games.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Mohammad Anas Yahiya. gc2018.com
  2. 1 2 3 4 Mohammad Anas Yahiya. asiangames2018.id
  3. ↑ Mohammad Anas at IAAF
  4. ↑ "Md Anas Yahiya BREAKS Own Record, Wins 400m Race in Czech Republic". Rediff. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  5. ↑ Prasad, Vishnu (26 July 2016). "Mohammed Anas looks to fulfil his father's dreams". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Navy man from Kerala qualifies for Olympics". The New Indian Express. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "India's 4x400m relay teams qualify for Rio Olympics". Rediff. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Asian Games: Hima Das, Muhammed Anas win 400m silver medals". Times of India. 26 August 2018.
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