Amoj Jacob is an Indian track and field athlete known for competing in 400m, 800m, and relay events. |
He secured his spot in the relay team for the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, England. |
Initially interested in football, Amoj was encouraged to pursue sprinting by his school's physical trainer, Arvind Kapoor. |
Although starting as a 100m sprinter, he transitioned to focus on 400m and 800m races under Kapoor's guidance. |
In 2016, he won the boy’s 800m event at the 4th Junior Federation Cup National Athletics Championship in Bengaluru. |
Amoj competed at the Asian Junior Championship in men’s 800m and 4x400m relay events in 2016. |
He also competed in the 4x400m men’s relay at the Asian Athletics Championships in 2017. |
During the Commonwealth Games 2018, Amoj encountered an incident collapsing on the track during the men’s 4x400m relay finals. |
He participated in the men’s 4x400m relay at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 but did not advance to the finals. |
Amoj joined the men’s 400m category at the 21st Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championship in March 2021. |
He emerged victorious in the men’s 400m event at both the Indian Grand Prix-2 and Indian Grand Prix-3 in 2021. |
Amoj was recruited by the Bank of India through the sports quota in August 2021. |
In March 2022, he clinched first place in the men’s 400m race at the Indian Grand Prix-1 in Thiruvananthapuram. |
He also won the men’s 400m category at the 61st National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships in Chennai in June 2022. |
Amoj Jacob represented India at the World Athletics Championships in 2023, finishing fifth in the 4x400m relay final. |
At the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championship in 2022, he sustained an injury during the men’s 4x400m relay. |
Additionally, he made history for India by reaching the final at the World Athletics Championships in 2023, marking his debut in the event's final for the country. |