Muhammad Ajmal Variyathodi (born 1 June 1998) is an Indian

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

athlete who specializes in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

. He won a silver medal at the

mixed 4 × 400 metres relay The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay is a Mixed-sex sports, mixed-sex 4 × 400 metres relay in which teams field two men and two women. Initially, teams were free to arrange participants in any order. This created scenarios where mixed genders run o ...

event at the

2022 Asian Games The 2022 Asian Games (), officially the 19th Asian Games () and also known as Hangzhou 2022 ( zh, c=, s=杭州2022, labels=no), were a continental multi-sport event which was held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The ...

. In 2023, he won a gold medal in the 4×400 metres at the

. He also competed in the same event at the

2023 World Athletics Championships The 2023 World Athletics Championships (), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, were held from 19 to 27 August 2023 at the National Athletics Centre (Budapest), National Athletics Centre, in Budapest, Hungary. The tourna ...

, reaching the final after having set an Asian record of 2:59.05 in the heats. The team ultimately finished 6th in the final.

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* 1998 births Living people Indian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for India Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games athletes for India Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) {{India-athletics-bio-stub