Anil Kumar (born 20 June 1975) is a well renowned Indian male discus thrower with his personal best throw of 64.37 metres attained in July, 2004 in Szombathely, Hungary.

He was declared best athlete of 'Asli Kozar Memorial Meet' held in Varaždin, Croatia in July 2004 in the run-up for the Athens Olympics where he hurled the discus to a distance of 63.88 metres.

[4] Apart from winning several international competitions in Europe, Anil Kumar also won 3 Silver and 1 Bronze medal in Asian Grand Prix Series held in Hyderabad, Colombo, Bangkok and Manila in 2003.

The national record holder and medal winner at the last two Asian Games, who had a 64.37m effort in Hungary barely two weeks before the start of the Olympics and on whose training the government spent close to INR 16 lakhs, did not attempt a third try as that could have aggravated the injury.

According to Lalit Bhanot, secretary of the Athletics Federation of India, "Anil pulled a muscle in the left abductor during his first throw and then tried a second, which was also foul.

[13] The current national record of 66.28 meters was also set by Vikas Gowda at the Old Style Discus Challenge in the United States in 2012.