FULL NAME: Animesh Kujur
GENDER: Male
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 June 2003 (Source: Athletics Federation of India and World Athletics)
PARENTS: Father (), Mother ()
ORIGINAL HOME ADDRESS: Surguja district of Chhattisgarh, India
PRESENT ADDRESS: Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Not Known
PROFESSION: Employee of Forest Department, Government of Chhattisgarh, under sports quota.
TYPE OF ATHLETE: 100m and 200m sprinter
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Odisha Reliance Foundation Athletics High Performance Centre, Bhubaneswar.
TRAINING PLACE: Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Dinesh Tandi (First coach) and James Hillier
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Odisha-Reliance Foundation Athletics HPC

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     Won one Gold medal for Odisha-Reliance Foundation Athletics HPC in the 1st National Open Relay Carnival in Chandigarh on 24 March 2024.
*      Won the Bronze medal for Odisha in men 200m event of the 37th National Games at the Athletics Stadium in Bambolim, Goa 2 November 2023.
*     Won the men 200m Gold medal with new meet record of 28.87 for Odisha in the 3rd National Open U-23 Athletics Championships at Sports Complex, Chandigarh on 22 October 2023.
*     Won the 200m Gold medal for Odisha with New Meet Record of 20.74s at the 62nd National Open Athletics Championships at Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru on 14 October 2023. He bettered the previous meet record of 20.75 seconds, which had been set by Amlan Borgohain (Assam) in 2021.
*     Won the 200m Silver medal for Chhattisgarh at the 26th National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships on 18 May 2023.
*     Won one Silver and Bronze medal each for Chhattisgarh in 200m and 100m respectively in the Indian Grand Prix-4 at Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore on 16 April 2023.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*    Represented Odihsa for the first time at the 62nd National Open Athletics Championships 2023 in Bengaluru.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 16 October 2023
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 28 March 2024