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List of sportspeople from Tamil Nadu

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The following is the list of International Sports Persons from the Indian State of Tamil Nadu:

Medal Name Sport Event Date
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Mariyappan Thangavelu Athletics Men's High Jump 09 September


Athletics

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Achanta Sharath Kamal (born 12 July 1982) is a professional Table Tennis player from Tamil Nadu, India. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran is the highest ever ranked Indian in the world.

International Achievements

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Medal Sport Event Date
 Gold Table Tennis - Men's Singles 2006 Commonwealth Games - Melbourne 26 March
 Gold Table Tennis - Men's Team 2006 Commonwealth Games - Melbourne 27 March
 Gold Table Tennis - Men's Doubles 2010 Commonwealth Games - Delhi 13 October
 Bronze Table Tennis - Men's Team 2010 Commonwealth Games - Delhi 9 October
 Bronze[1] Table Tennis - Men's Team 2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast 9 April
 Silver[2] Table Tennis - Men's Doubles 2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast 14 April
 Bronze[3] Table Tennis - Men's Singles 2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast 15 April
 Bronze[4] Table Tennis - Mixed Doubles 2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast 15 April

Tennis

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All grand slam and highest singles ranking by an Indian are achieved by the players from Tamil Nadu. Ramanathan Krishnan reached semi finals of grand slam twice. His son Ramesh Krishnan reached grand slam quarters thrice and have beaten then World No 1 player Matts Wilander in the Australian open. Vijay Amritraj have reached quarter finals of grand slams fours times and have won 18 ATP singles career titles. Mahesh Bhupathi have won 12 grand slams titles for doubles and mixed doubles.

Chess

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Carrom

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Hockey

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He captained the Indian team, which won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Vasudevan Baskaran Field hockey Field hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics 29 July 1980

Motor racing

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Swimming

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Squash

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International Achievements

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Medal Player Name Sport Event Date
 Gold[5] Dipika Pallikal & Joshna Chinappa Squash - Women's Doubles 2014 Commonwealth Games - Glasgow 02 August
 Silver[6] Dipika Pallikal & Joshna Chinappa Squash - Women's Doubles 2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast 15 April
 Silver[7] Dipika Pallikal & Saurav Ghosal(West Bengal) Squash - Mixed Doubles 2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast 14 April

Skating

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Weightlifting

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International Achievements

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Commonwealth Games[8]

Year Venue Event Total Result
2018 Gold Coast 77Kg 317 Gold
2014 Glasgow 77Kg 328 Gold

Commonwealth Championships[8]

Year Venue Event Total Result
2017 Gold Coast 77Kg 320 Gold
2015 Glasgow 77Kg 325 Gold
2012 Tasmania 77Kg 297 Gold

References

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  1. ^ "Results Men's Team Finals". The Official CWG 2018 Site.
  2. ^ "Results Men's Doubles Finals".
  3. ^ "Results Men's Singles Finals".
  4. ^ "Results Mixed Doubles Finals".
  5. ^ "Results Women's Doubles Finals".
  6. ^ "Results Women's Doubles Finals".
  7. ^ "Results Mixed Doubles Finals".
  8. ^ a b "Sivalingam Sathish Kumar". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 21 July 2020.