Asad Iqbal

Asad Iqbal (Urdu: اسد اقبال‎; born 11 April 1986) is a Pakistani sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.[2] He represented his country at the 2006 World Indoor Championships getting disqualified in the first round.

Asad Iqbal
Personal information
Born (1986-04-11) 11 April 1986
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)400 metres
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Pakistan
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
2017 Ashgabat4 × 400 m
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017 Baku4 × 400 m
South Asian Games
2006 Colombo4 × 400 m
2010 Dhaka4 × 400 m
2016 Guwahati4 × 400 m

His personal bests in the event are 47.42 seconds outdoors (Guwahati 2016) and 48.71 seconds indoors (Doha 2016). The latter is the current national record.[3]

Personal best
EventResultVenueDate
Outdoor
400 metres47.42 sec Guwahati9 February 2016 [4]
Indoor
400 metres48.71 sec Doha19 February 2016

International competitions
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Pakistan
2005 Universiade Izmir, Turkey 28th (h) 400 m 48.57
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia – 400 m DQ
South Asian Games Colombo, Sri Lanka 5th 400 m 48.11
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:11:35[5]
2010 South Asian Games Dhaka, Bangladesh 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:16.70[6]
2013 Asian Championships Pune, India 19th (h) 400 m 48.85
2016 Asian Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 11th (h) 400 m 48.71
South Asian Games Guwahati, India 4th 400 m 47.42
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:14.82[7]
2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Baku, Azerbaijan 15th (h) 400 m 49.08
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:07.62
Asian Championships Bhubaneswar, India 7th 4 × 400 m relay 3:11.42
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:11.40 NR

References
  1. Ashgabat 2017 bio
  2. Asad Iqbal at World Athletics
  3. "All-Athletics profile". All-Athletics.com. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  4. "2016 Southasian Games ATHLETICS RESULTS". southasiangames2016.com. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  5. "Pakistan at the X South Asian Games". sports.gov.pk. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  6. "Pakistan at the XI South Asian Games". sports.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  7. "Pakistan at the XII South Asian Games". sports.gov.pk. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

Assd Iqbal at World Athletics


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