Bibin Mathew (born 16 January 1987) is an Indian

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er who competes in the

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. He was the 2010 Asian Indoor Champion in the event and is a two-time

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gold medallist. He holds the Indian indoor record at 47.81 seconds, set in 2010. Mathew has also represented India at the

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and the

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Career

Hailing from

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, he made his breakthrough in 2007 when he won the 400 m title at the

2007 National Games of India The 2007 National Games, also known as the ''33rd National Games of India'' and informally as Assam 2007 was the 33rd edition of the National Games of India, held from 9 February 2007 to 18 February 2007 in Guwahati, Assam, India. Indian Natio ...

and also won the event at the Indian Athletics Championships, in the absence of national record holder K. M. Binu. He was a 400 m semi-finalist at the

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, setting an Indian indoor record of 48.83 seconds on his international debut. He broke a second national record at the competition in the

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, running 3:16.81 minutes for fifth place with Gurvinderpal Singh, V.B. Bineesh, and

Vinay Choudhary Vinay Choudhary (born 4 September 1993) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi Language, Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also Romanization, romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'' ...

.Bibin Mathew
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-12-30. Mathew took his second national title the following year, where he ran a personal best of 46.81 seconds. He competed extensively in 2009: he ran a new best of 46.16 seconds as part of three wins on the national circuit and ran on the Asian Athletics Grand Prix for the first time and was in the top two at each meeting. He suffered from a virus in September and was beaten at the national championships by S. K. Mortaja. Both he and Mortaja represented India at the

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, but they missed out on the medals, finishing fourth and fifth respectively. A team of Harpreet Singh, Mathew, Bineesh and Mortaja took the bronze medal in the 4×400 m relay. Mathew won an individual and relay double at the

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in February. Later that month he set a

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and Indian indoor record of 47.81 seconds to win the gold medal at the

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. He also shared in the relay silver medal at the event. He made two other international outings with the relay team that year, coming seventh at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

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and fourth at the

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. He also ran individually at the Asian competition, but did not get beyond the heats. He struggled to regain his previous form after 2010. At the 2011 Indian National Games he was beaten into second place by Kunhu Muhammed Puthanpurakkal. He dropped further down the order at the 2012 Indian Championships, placing third behind

Arokia Rajiv 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 G ...

and Mortaja.Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2012-09-14)
Railways retains team crown at Indian open champs
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-12-30. He dipped under 47 seconds in April 2013, but his time of 46.94 seconds was only enough for third at the Indian Federation's Cup

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mathew, Bibin Living people 1987 births Indian male sprinters Athletes from Jharkhand Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for India Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games South Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games competitors for India South Asian Games medalists in athletics 21st-century Indian people