Who was the first Indian woman to throw the javelin beyond 60 metres?

Annu Rani, a javelin thrower from Uttar Pradesh, became the first Indian woman to throw the javelin beyond 60 metres. She has broken the women's national record many times and holds the current national record of over 63 metres.

More about Annu Rani:

• She was born on 28 August 1992 in Bahadurpur village, Meerut district, Uttar Pradesh, in a farming family.
• She is said to have practised in her early years with sugarcane stalks before getting a proper javelin.
• In 2019, she became the first Indian woman to reach the final of the javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships (Doha), finishing eighth.
• She won bronze at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
• She won gold at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou (held in 2023), becoming the first Indian woman to win the javelin gold at the Asian Games.
• She has represented India at the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympics.

Javelin throw facts:

• The women's javelin weighs 600 g, and the men's 800 g.
• The tip must land first for a throw to be valid, and the throw must land within the marked sector.
• Neeraj Chopra won India's first Olympic gold in athletics (javelin, Tokyo 2020) and the World Championship gold (2023).
• India celebrates 7 August as "National Javelin Day" in honour of Neeraj Chopra's Olympic gold.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Gurmeet Kaur was an earlier national-level javelin thrower.
• ✗Suman Devi was a national-level javelin thrower.
• ✗Poonam Rani is a hockey player, not a javelin thrower.