Selva Prabhu
Indian athlete (born 2004)
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Selva Prabhu Thirumaran (born 28 December 2004) is an Indian triple jumper. He won the silver medal at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships and won the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the United States.[1]
28 December 2004
- Triple jump: 17.05m (2026)
- Long jump: 7.35 (2026)
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| Born | Selva Prabhu Thirumaran 28 December 2004 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Long jump, Triple jump | ||||||||||||||
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Biography
From Madurai, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, he trained under Yoandris Betanzos at the Inspire Institute of Sports in Bellari with training partners including Jeswin Aldrin and Praveen Chithravel. Prabhu won gold medals at the 2022 Khelo India Youth Games and the U20 Federation Cup, and silver medals at the Inter-University Championships and the Khelo India University Games.[2] Competing in the triple jump at the World U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia as a 17-year-old, he won the silver medal behind Jaydon Hibbert of Jamaica, with a personal best of 16.15 metres.[3]
Prabhu jumped a personal best and Indian junior national record of 16.78 metres in the triple jump at the Venizelia-Chania International Meet in Greece in 2023, which moved him into the top-ten on the Indian all-time list.[4][2] That year, he became the first Indian to be named Asian Under-20 Male Athlete of the Year by Asian Athletics Association (AAA).[2]
Competing for Kansas State University in the United States in January 2026, Prabhu jumped 16.49 metres to win the Thane Baker athletics meet in Manhattan, Kansas.[4] He had a second place finish in March in the triple jump at the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships with a personal best 17.05 metres in Fayetteville, Arkansas, finishing behind Jonathan Seremes of France.[5] On 12 June, he jumped a season's outdoor best 16.92 metres to win the triple jump title at the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon.[6][7]