Asian Athletics Championship 2019 ( Complete list of Indian Winners)

Asian Athletics Championship 2019

Asian Athletics Championship

• The Asian Athletics Championships is an event organised by the Asian Athletics Association. The event is held once in every two years. 
• The last episode of the event took place in Bhubaneshwar in 2017.

Asian Athletics Championship 2019

The 2019 Asian Athletics Championships was the 23rdedition of the Asian Athletics Championships. It was held from 21 to 24 April 2019 at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar.

MASCOT: "Falcon Falah"

NUMBER OF EVENTS: 43

Medal Tally:

RANK	COUNTRY	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	TOTAL
1	Bahrain	11	7	4	22
2	China	9	13	7	29
3	Japan	5	4	9	18
4	India	3	7	7	17

India at Asian Athletics Championship 2019

• Tejinder Pal Singh Toor (Shot put), Gomathi Marimuthu(800 metres) and P. U. Chitra(1500 metres) won gold for India.

List of Medal Winners

Medal	Name	Sport
Gold	Gomathi Marimuthu	Women's 800m
Gold	PU Chitra	Women's 1500m
Gold	Tejinder Pal Singh Toor	Men's shot put
Silver	Ajay Kumar Saroj	Men's 1500m race
Silver	Swapna Barman	Women’s heptathlon
Silver	Annu Rani	Women’s javelin throw
Silver	Shivpal Singh	Men’s javelin throw
Silver	Avinash Sable	Men’s 3000m steeplechase
Silver	Prachi, Poovamma, Saritaben Gayakwad and VK Vismaya	Women's 4x400m relay
Silver	Muhammed Anas, MP Poovamma, VK Vismaya and Arokia Rajiv	4x400m mixed relay
Bronze	Dutee Chand	Women’s 200m
Bronze	M R Poovamma	Women’s 400m
Bronze	Parul Chaudhary	Women’s 5000m race
Bronze	Sanjivani Jadhav	Women’s 10,000 m
Bronze	Gavit Murali Kumar	Men’s 10,000m
Bronze	M P Jabir	Men’s 400m hurdles
Bronze	Saritaben Gayakwad	Women’s 400m hurdles

Some Other Memorable Points

• Gomathi Marimuthu won India's first gold medal at the Asian Athletics Championships 2019.
• India had won 29 medals – 12 Gold, 5 Silver and 12 Bronze in the last edition in Bhubaneswar in 2017, topping the medal tally for the first time.
• Asian Athletics Association Headquarter: Singapore