Abraham Rajan
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Abraham Rajan is a distinguished India
n ex-athlete who is currently a coach with SAI
(Sports Authority of India) and the SDAT(Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu) at the SDAT Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
facilities.
level. His 800m time is still a record for engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu
.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n ex-athlete who is currently a coach with SAI
Sports Authority of India
The Sports Authority of India is a body set up by the Government of India. It was created in 1984 to help promote sport throughout the country. Presently, it has seven regional centres at Bangalore, Gandhinagar, Kolkata, Sonepat, Delhi, Mumbai and Imphal and two sub-centres at Guwahati and...
(Sports Authority of India) and the SDAT(Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu) at the SDAT Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai
The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is a Chennai stadium and seats 40,000. It hosts football , and athletic competitions. The complex also houses a multi purpose indoor stadium with a seating capacity of 8000 which hosts volleyball, basket ball, table tennis etc. The stadium is named after Jawaharlal...
facilities.
Career and achievements
Abraham Rajan won the gold in the 800m at the 1981 Asian Athletics Championships with a time of 1:50.21. This was the crowning achievement of his athletics career which also included distinguished performances at the national and collegiateCollege athletics
College athletics refers primarily to sports and athletic competition organized and funded by institutions of tertiary education . In the United States, college athletics is a two-tiered system. The first tier includes the sports that are sanctioned by one of the collegiate sport governing bodies...
level. His 800m time is still a record for engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
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