Annu Rani Biography (Javelin Throw – India): Early Life, Career, Family, Boyfriend, Awards, Olympics 2020 and 2024 Achievements, Controversies, Social Media

Prakash IsraniAugust 12, 2024Last Updated: August 12, 2024

Annu Rani Biography: Annu Rani is a popular Indian javelin thrower from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. She is the pride of India. She was the first Indian who reached the finals of the women’s javelin throw event at the World Athletics Championships in Doha in 2019. She has presented India in the Olympics for two times, 2020 and 2024. Read this blog till the last to know every single thing about her career and other information.

Annu Rani Biography: Early Life

Annu Rani Biography: Annu Rani was born on 28th August 1992 in the village of Bahadurpur, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. Her talent was identified by her brother who noticed her upper body strength at the time of the cricket match. He started to train her by asking her to hurl sugarcane sticks in an empty field.

Her first javelin stick was one that she made herself from a long piece of bamboo because she was not able to afford one. Then she started playing javelin throw first in the year 2010 at the age of 18. Her father disapproved of her for this sport but her brother supported her and paid her academic fees. She was initially coached by Kashinath Naik and now she is coached by Baljeet Singh.

Annu Rani Wikipedia

Full Name	Annu Rani Dharayan
Date of Birth	28th August 1992
Birthplace	Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Age	31 years old (as of 2024)
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Nickname	—
Parents	Amarpal Singh (Father) and Munni Devi (Mother)
Husband/Boyfriend	—
Kids	—
Sports	Track and Field (Javelin Throw)

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Annu Rani Biography: Career

Annu Rani won the gold medal with a throw of 58.83 meters in the 2014 National Inter-State Athletics Championship in Lucknow. She broke the 14-year-old national record and qualified for the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she finished in eighth position.
She won a bronze medal at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea with a throw of 59.53 meters.
After that, she broke her record against the National Inter-State Athletics Championship with a two of 60.01 meters.
She presented India in the Olympics 2020 and 2024.

Annu Rani Olympics 2020 and 2024

Annu Rani qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics through world rankings after missing out on the Olympic Qualification mark. She made her debut in the Olympics in 2020. She made her second appearance in Olympics in Summer Olympics 2024.

Annu Rani Biography: Family

Annu Rani was born to Amarpal Singh and Munni Devi. Her father did not support her to play sports in the early days but he is proud of her because she is presenting India at the top level. The biggest hand behind her career and success is her brother whose name is Upendra Singh. He noticed her upper body strength and trained her in the Javelin throw.

Annu Rani Biography: Records

First Indian female to reach the World Athletics Championships finals, held in Doha 2019
First Indian woman to win gold in javelin throw at the Asian Games in 2023

Annu Rani Biography: Acheivments

Gold Medals:

• National Inter-State Athletics Championship in Lucknow in 2014
59th National Open Athletics Championship in 2019
National Inter-State Athletic Championship, Patiala in 2021
Qosanov Memorial Championship, Almaty, Kazakhstan 2022
Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, 2023

Silver Medal:

23rd Asian Athletics Championships in Qatar on 21 April 2019

Bronze Medal:

Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea in 2014
The IAAF World Challenge event called the Ostrava Golden Spike Athletics Meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic
Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022