DP Manu is an Indian track and field athlete who competes in javelin throw. In 2022, he won the Interstate Championships in Chennai with a personal best of 84.35m and was declared the fourth best javelin thrower in Indian history.
Wiki/Biography
DP Manu aka Devarakeshavi Prakasha Manu was born on Monday, January 24, 2000 in Hassan, Karnataka (age 23; as of 2023).
appearance
Height (approximately): 6′1″
Weight (approximately): 80 kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: dark brown
Body measurements (approximately): Bust: 43 inches; Waist: 32 inches; Biceps: 14 inches
family
Parents and siblings
DP Manu’s parents are farmers in Hassan coffee estate in Karnataka. He has a brother.
DP Manu and his family
wife and children
He is unmarried.
Profession
In June 2022, he won the Chennai Inter-State Championship with a throwing distance of 84.35m. With this, he became India’s fourth-best ever javelin thrower. In June 2022, he won the Indian National Championship. At the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, he finished fifth. In 2022, he threw javelin over 80 meters in five of nine games. In July 2023, at the Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok, he threw more than 81 meters and won a silver medal. In 2023, he was selected for the World Athletics Championships in Budapest and was selected as a finalist with a score of 81.31m. In the final, he finished sixth with a score of 84.14m.
medals, honors, achievements
- Silver Medal at Lucknow Inter State Championship 2019
- 2022 National Athletics Open Championships Gold Medal
- Indian Grand Prix Trivandrum 2022 Gold Medal
- 2023 Asian Athletics Championships Bangkok Silver Medal
- Entered the quarterfinals of the World Championships
- Commonwealth Games Quarterfinals
Facts/Trivia
- DP Manu is training under Kashinath Naik in Pune since 2020. His coach Naik won a bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
- He made his first international trip when he was selected to compete at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon.
- Ahead of Manu’s victory in the 2022 Interstate Championships in Chennai, his coach Naik went to a temple near his hometown of Choja to pray for Manu’s success.
- In an interview in 2022, DP Manu shared an incident where he shared how he got into the sport of javelin. He said the school’s physical education teacher put a bamboo spear, discus and shot put in front of him and pointed his finger at the javelin. Although he knew nothing about javelins, at that moment he decided to go after them. Before becoming a javelin thrower, he was a volleyball player.
- No one in DP Manu’s family can speak Hindi.
- When he was in school, he often practiced with bamboo sticks to improve his skills. He once watched YouTube videos of Jan Zelazny, the world record holder in the javelin.
- According to sources, DP Manu’s trainer, Kashinath Naik, also trained Neeraj Chopra.
- DP Manu is a Haveldah in the Indian Army.
- He is a fitness enthusiast and is often seen hitting the gym to stay in shape.
DP Manu in the gym.
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education