Annu Rani

Date of Birth: 29 Aug 1992

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.56/5'1''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Javelin Throw	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium	Women's Javelin Throw Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Asian Games
3	Women's Javelin Throw	2014	Incheon, KOR	59.53
6	Women's Javelin Throw	2018	Indonesia	53.93
Olympic Games
Qualification	Women's Javelin Throw	2020	Tokyo, JPN	54.04
World Championships
7	Women's Javelin Throw	2022	Eugene, OR, USA	61.12
8	Women's Javelin Throw	2019	Doha, QAT	61.12
Qualification	Women's Javelin Throw	2023	Budapest, HUN	57.05
Qualification	Women's Javelin Throw	2017	London, GBR	59.93
Diamond League
7	Women's Javelin Throw	2023	Brussels, BEL	57.74
7	Women's Javelin Throw	2019	Lausanne, SUI	59.35
World Challenge
3	Women's Javelin Throw	2019	Ostrava, CZE	60.20
Asian Championships
2	Women's Javelin Throw	2019	Doha, QAT	60.22
3	Women's Javelin Throw	2017	Bhubaneswar, IND	57.32
4	Women's Javelin Throw	2023	Bangkok, THA	59.10
5	Women's Javelin Throw	2015	Wuhan, CHN	51.26
7	Women's Javelin Throw	2013	Pune, IND	52.29
South Asian Games
2	Women's Javelin Throw	2016	India	57.13

Occupation:

Chaudhary Charan Singh University , Meerut, IND

Languages spoken:

Uttar Pradesh [India]

Werner Daniels [personal]

She took up the sport at a young age in Meerut, India. (kreedon, 27 Jul 2017)

Her brother Upendra encouraged her to take up the sport after noticing her throwing ability during a cricket match. (kreedon, 27 Jul 2017)

To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (Instagram profile, 10 Aug 2021)

In early 2023 she began training in Offenburg, Germany, with coach Werner Daniels. (sportstar, 14 Feb 2023)

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, US swimmer Michael Phelps. (olympics, 01 Jul 2021)

Philosophy:

"When I started taking part in competitions, I used to think, 'I am from the village, there are no facilities there'. I used to think that girls who came from the cities and well-to-do families could only do well because they had better facilities. It was only after I competed at various levels that I realised that it is not true. If you have the talent and work hard, nothing else matters." (yourstory, 22 Jun 2020)

She received the Sportswoman of the Year in Athletics award at the 2023 Sportstar Aces Awards in India. She was also named the 2019 Sportswoman of the Year in Athletics at the Sportstar Aces Awards. (sportstar, 08 Mar 2023, 16 Jan 2020)

Additional Information

General
EARLY DAYS
In her youth she had trouble convincing her father to allow her to pursue her sporting ambitions. "I'm from a village in Uttar Pradesh and my father is a farmer. He was against me becoming an athlete initially because he believed that girls shouldn't play sport. I tried hard to convince him to let me play, I cried and pleaded with him. Finally, since I was the youngest at home and everyone was fond of me, he allowed it. He probably thought I'd play a little and end up at home." (scroll, 08 Jun 2017)

Milestones

She became the first female athlete representing India to win a medal in javelin at the Commonwealth Games when she claimed bronze at the 2022 Games in Birmingham, England. (SportsDeskOnline, 26 Aug 2022; thehindu, 07 Aug 2022)

She became the first Indian female javelin thrower to cross the 60m mark by throwing 61.86m at the 2017 Federation Cup National Championships in Patiala, India. (yourstory, 22 Jun 2020; tribuneindia, 28 Feb 2018)

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event