{{Short description|Indian athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = M. P. Jabir | image = Jabir MP Of India (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Jabir with his [[2017 Asian Athletics Championships]] bronze medal | fullname = Jabir Madari Palliyalil<ref>{{cite web |title=Jabir MADARI PALLIYALIL |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/india/jabir-madari-palliyalil-14675317 |publisher=World Athletics |access-date=19 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jabir MADARI PALLIYALIL |url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/india/jabir-madari-pilliyalil-314140 |publisher=IAAF |access-date=28 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117105354/https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/india/jabir-madari-pilliyalil-14675317 |archive-date=17 January 2022}}</ref> | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|6|8|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Manjeri]], [[Kerala]], India | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | sport = [[Track and field]] | event = [[400 metres hurdles]], [[400 metres]] | club = | team = | turnedpro = | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = '''400 metres hurdles:''' 49.13 (Doha 2019) <br>'''400 metres:''' 46.96 (Mladá Boleslav 2019) | updated = 27 September 2019 | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}} {{Medal|Country|{{IND}}}} {{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}} {{Medal|Bronze|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships|2017 Bhubaneswar]]|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]]}} {{Medal|Bronze|[[2019 Asian Athletics Championships|2019 Doha]]|[[2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]]}} {{Medal|Competition|[[South Asian Games]]}} {{Medal|Gold|[[2019 South Asian Games|2019 Kathmandu]]|[[Athletics at the 2019 South Asian Games|400 m hurdles]]}} {{Medal|Silver|2019 Kathmandu|4 × 400 m relay}} | show-medals = }}
'''Jabir Madari Palliyalil''' (born 8 June 1996), better known as '''M. P. Jabir''', is an Indian athlete who specializes in [[400 metres hurdles]] and [[400 metres]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=MP Jabir qualifies for Tokyo Olympics in 400m hurdles |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/olympics/athletics-mp-jabir-qualifes-for-tokyo-olympics-400m-hurdles/article35083435.ece |access-date=3 July 2021 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref>
Jabir won the bronze medal at the [[2017 Asian Athletics Championships]] in [[2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles|400 metres hurdles]] with a timing of 50.22 seconds.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rayan |first1=Stan |title=Asian athletics: Sudha brightens the day |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/asian-athletics-sudha-brightens-the-day/article19241645.ece |access-date=28 September 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=8 July 2017}}</ref> At the [[2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles|same event]] in [[2019 Asian Athletics Championships]] in Doha, he set his personal best timing of 49.13 to win bronze<ref>{{cite news |title=Gomathi runs the race of her life, gives India its first gold at the championships |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/gomathi-runs-the-race-of-her-life-gives-india-its-first-gold-at-the-championships/article26914425.ece |access-date=28 September 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=22 April 2019}}</ref> and achieved the qualification standard for [[2019 World Athletics Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rayan |first1=Stan |title=Gomathi's surprise…and the ones that got away at the Asian Athletics Championships |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athletics/asian-athletic-championships-2019-tajinder-singh-toor-gomathi-marimuthu-chitra-shivpal-singh-jabir-murli-kumar-parul-chaudhary-dutee-chand-sanjivani/article26946659.ece |access-date=28 September 2019 |work=Sportstar |date=25 April 2019}}</ref>
Jabir became the first Indian male athlete to qualify for the 400m hurdles in [[Olympic Games|Olympics]], after earning qualification for the event in the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 1, 2021 |title=Tokyo 2020: Indian Navy’s MP Jabir {{sic |nolink=y |reason=error in source|qualifes}} for Olympics in 400m hurdles|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/tokyo-2020-indian-navy-s-mp-jabir-qualifes-for-olympics-in-400m-hurdles-1822755-2021-07-01|access-date=2021-07-26|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
Jabir works for the [[Indian Navy]] and is posted at [[Kochi]], as of 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Srinivasan |first1=Aneesh |title=Anu Raghavan and MP Jabir overcome hurdles to clinch titles |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2017/jul/16/anu-raghavan-and-mp-jabir-overcome-hurdles-to-clinch-titles-1629336.html |access-date=28 September 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=16 July 2017}}</ref>
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