He holds the current 400 metre hurdles State record of 49.51 seconds set during the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka on 26 August 2007.

[4] Born in Kottayam district of Kerala, Abraham made a steady progress in intermediate hurdles.

[6] On 12 May 2007 at the 13th Federation Cup Athletics Championship in Kolkata, he broke his own 400m hurdles record 50.04 seconds to win the gold.

[8] Later in the same year, he won a silver medal in 400m hurdles (with a time of 49.96 seconds) at the 2009 Asian Championships in Athletics held at Guangzhou, China.

[9] On 25 November 2010, Abraham became the first Indian to win individual gold medal at 400m hurdles at any Asian Games.