Country India Height 1.72 m Event 400 metres | Sport Track and field Weight 70 kg | |
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Born 5 March 1987 (age 30) ( 1987-03-05 ) Mannarkkad, Kerala, India | ||
Kunhu Muhammed Puthanpurakkal (born 5 March 1987) is an Indian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres event. He has qualified for the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
In July 2016, Muhammed was part of the relay team that broke the national 4 × 400 metres relay at Bangalore and qualified for the Olympics. The quartet of Muhammed, Mohammad Anas, Ayyasamy Dharun and Arokia Rajiv clocked 3:00:91, rewriting the national record of 3:02.17 set by themselves four weeks earlier in Turkey. The performance also helped the relay team jump to 13th place in the world rankings.
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