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Muhammed Anas Yahiya (born 17 September 1994) is an Indian sprinter who specialises in the

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distance. He competed at the

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in the

and the

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, and holds the national record (45.24) in the 400 meters, which he set at the 2019

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Early life

He was born on 17 September 1994 in Nilamel. Anas took up athletics at the Style Sports Academy in

Nilamel Nilamel is a locality located in Kollam District of Kerala, India. It lies on the M C Road Thiruvananthapuram-Angamali state highway-1) and is 45 km from Thiruvananthapuram, 24 km away from Kottarakara and 5 km away from Kadakkal ...

. He initially trained in the

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, 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. He studied at

Sree Krishna College Sree Krishna College is a Guruvayur Devaswom Board arts and science college in Guruvayoor, Thrissur District. The college comes under Calicut University and was established in 18 July 1964. Graduate courses were started in 1967 and Post graduat ...

, which was affiliated to the

Calicut University The University of Calicut, also known as Calicut University, is a state-run public university headquartered at Tenhipalam in Malappuram district of the state of Kerala, India. Established in 1968, it is the first university to be set up in nor ...

. He represented the university at the national level.

Career

Anas earlier broke the national 400 m record at the

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in June 2016, clocking 45.40 seconds, the exact qualification mark for the 2016 Olympics. He became the third Indian athlete to qualify for this Olympic event, after

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(1956 and 1960) and K. M. Binu (2004). In July 2016, Anas was part of the relay team that broke the national 4 × 400 metres record in

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and qualified for the Rio Olympics. The quartet of Anas,

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and

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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. At the

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, Anas won two silver medals and one gold medal, in the individual 400 m, men's 4×400 m and mixed 4×400 m relays respectively . At the

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he placed fourth in the

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, while his men's 4×400 m failed to finish. In 2022 Anas was included in the 4x400m relay team for the

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by the

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(AFI) in place of an injured athlete Rajesh Ramesh.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anas, Mohammad 1994 births Living people People from Kollam district Indian male sprinters Athletes from Kerala Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of India Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for India Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games silver medalists for India Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games South Asian Games gold medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in athletics Commonwealth Games competitors for India Indian Navy personnel Recipients of the Arjuna Award