M. P. Jabir

Jabir Madari Palliyalil (born 8 June 1996), better known as M. P. Jabir, is an Indian athlete who specializes in 400 metres hurdles and 400 metres.^[3]

M. P. Jabir

Jabir with his 2017 Asian Athletics Championships bronze medal
Personal information
Full name	Jabir Madari Palliyalil[1][2]
Born	(1996-06-08) 8 June 1996 (age 29) Manjeri, Kerala, India
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	400 metres hurdles, 400 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400 metres hurdles: 49.13 (Doha 2019) 400 metres: 46.96 (Mladá Boleslav 2019)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  India Asian Championships 2017 Bhubaneswar 400 m hurdles 2019 Doha 400 m hurdles South Asian Games 2019 Kathmandu 400 m hurdles 2019 Kathmandu 4 × 400 m relay
Updated on 27 September 2019

Jabir won the bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships in 400 metres hurdles with a timing of 50.22 seconds.^[4] At the same event in 2019 Asian Athletics Championships in Doha, he set his personal best timing of 49.13 to win bronze^[5] and achieved the qualification standard for 2019 World Athletics Championships.^[6]

Jabir became the first Indian male athlete to qualify for the 400m hurdles in Olympics, after earning qualification for the event in the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[7]

Jabir works for the Indian Navy and is posted at Kochi, as of 2017.^[8]