YAHIYA Muhammed Anas

Olympic Games

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Round 1 (45.95)	Round 1 (DQ)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2019	Doha, QAT	-	7th (3:15.77)
2017	London, GBR	Heats (45.98)	Heats (3:02.80)

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 400m
2019	Yokohama, JPN	Heats (3:06.05)

Asian Games

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2018	Indonesia	2nd (45.69)	1st (3:15.71)

Asian Championships

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2019	Doha, QAT	7th (46.10)	2nd (3:16.47)
2017	Bhubaneswar, IND	1st (45.77)	1st (3:02.92)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Nilamel Express [named after his hometown of Niamel, India]. (olympicchannel.com, 16 Sep 2019)

Athlete, Serves in the Navy

Computer Science - Sreekrishna College, India

English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil

Indian Navy [India]

TG Ajesh [club], IND; Galina Bukharina [national]; PB Jaikumar [personal], IND

His younger brother Muhammed Anees Yahiya has represented India in athletics, competing in long jump at the 2017 World University Games in Taipei, Chinese Taipei. (2017.taipei, 27 Aug 2017; olympicchannel.com, 16 Sep 2019)

2015 for India (Athlete, 31 Jul 2016)

A fever forced him to withdraw from the 2018 National Inter State Athletics Championships in New Delhi, India. (hindustantimes.com, 28 Jun 2018)

He has suffered an ankle injury during his career. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2016)

He took up athletics at the Style Sports Academy in Nilamel, India. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2016)

During his school days he mainly competed in long jump. However, at a state-level school meet he was asked to participate in the 400m because his school was missing a runner for the race. "I ran it in close to 49 seconds. After that, I stopped doing long jump and started focusing only on the 400m." (newindianexpress.com, 26 Jul 2016)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (thebridge.in, 21 May 2019)

Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2016)

His family. (aninews.in, 01 Sep 2018)

"There is no substitute for hard work. And success will never come your way if you take the shortcut instead of the high road. Just keep training as hard as you can and always remain focused. Don't give up no matter how difficult it gets for you. Make your passion your priority, and nothing will be able to stop you from being successful." (thebridge.in, 21 May 2019)

In 2020 he received GV Raja Award, the highest sporting honour given by the Kerala government in India. (english.manoramaonline.com, 16 Jan 2020)

In 2019 he received Arjuna Award from the Indian government. (Twitter post, 28 Nov 2019)