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Athletics · Kerala

Thonakal Gopi

Thonakal Gopi aka Thanackal Gopi (born 24 May 1988) is an Indian athlete who has qualified to represent India at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the marathon event. He is also in the Indian Army. He is the first and so far the only Indian athlete to win a gold medal in the Asian Marathon Championship.

Profile details

Born
24 May 1988
Birthplace
Wayanad district
State listed
Kerala
Country
India
Sport
Athletics
Discipline
Athletics
Category
Men
Status
Active

District, height, weight, playing style, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.

“State listed” is the Indian state this athlete is listed under in the public records we read. Birthplace, home state and the state an athlete has represented can differ, and we do not claim to distinguish them.

Honours & Awards

  • No recorded honours or awards.

Competition Appearances

2 recorded appearances, most significant first.

  • ·2016 Summer Olympics
  • ·2017 Asian Athletics Championships

Career Timeline

  1. 2016Competed at athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics
  2. 2017Competed at 2017 Asian Athletics Championships

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Thonakal Gopi aka Thanackal Gopi (born 24 May 1988) is an Indian athlete who has qualified to represent India at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the marathon event. He is also in the Indian Army. He is the first and so far the only Indian athlete to win a gold medal in the Asian Marathon Championship.

Biography adapted from Thonakal Gopi on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Snapshot taken — where the text describes a role or a club in the present tense, read it as of that date.

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