The following is the list of International Sports Persons from the
Indian State of
Tamil Nadu:
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
- Rio 2016
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Satish Sivalingam -
Weightlifting,
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Arokia Rajiv
Subedar Arokia Rajiv (born 22 May 1991) is an Indian sprinter and a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in Indian Army who specialises in the 400 metres distance. He won silver medals in the men's and mixed 4 × 400 m relays at the 2018 Asian G ...
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4 x 400 m Relay
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures.
In mathematics
Four is the smallest c ...
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Ayyasamy Dharun -
4 x 400 m Relay
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures.
In mathematics
Four is the smallest c ...
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Sharath Kamal -
Table Tennis,
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Krishnan Ganapathi-
20 km Walk,
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Mohan Kumar-
Track and Field
2016 Summer Paralympics
)
, nations = 159
, athletes = 4,342
, opening = 7 September
, closing = 18 September
, opened_by = President Michel Temer
, cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva
, events = 528 in 22 sports
, stadium = Maracanã
, sum ...
- Rio 2016
Athletics
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Rajasekaran Pichaya
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Santhi Soundarajan
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Kumaravel Premkumar
Kumaravel Premkumar (born 2 June 1993) is an Indian long jumper from Tamil Nadu. He is the national record-holder in both the indoor and outdoor long jump. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and a silver at ...
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Nikhil Chittarasu
Nikhil Chittarasu (born 24 August 1990) is an Indian high jumper.
He finished eighth at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games, thirteenth at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, won the silver medal at the 2010 South Asian Games, competed at the 2010 Asian Games ...
Table Tennis
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Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
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Sharath Kamal
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
Tennis
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.
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Ramanathan Krishnan
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Ramesh Krishnan
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Vijay Amritraj
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Anand Amritraj
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Mahesh Bhupathi
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Prajnesh Gunneswaran
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Ramkumar Ramanathan
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Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
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Vijay Sundar Prashanth
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N. Sriram Balaji
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Prakash Amritraj
Chess
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Viswanathan Anand
Carrom
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A. Maria Irudayam
Anthony Maria Irudayam (born 1956 in Chennai, India) is a two-time World Carrom Champion and nine-time national champion of India. He was awarded the prestigious Arjuna Award, a sporting honour presented by the Government of India, in 1996. ...
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S. Ilavazhagi
S. Ilavazhagi also known as S. Ilavazhaki (born 1984) is an Indian who has twice won the carrom world cup. She is considered one of the finest carrom players to have represented India at international level from Tamil Nadu state after A. Maria ...
Hockey
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Vasudevan Baskaran
He captained the Indian team, which won the gold medal at the
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
in Moscow, Soviet Union.
Motor racing
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Narain Karthikeyan
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Sundaram Karivardhan
Sundaram Karivaradhan Naidu or Kari (20 June 1954 – 24 August 1995) was an Indian formula racing driver, designer and a business executive. He was one of the pioneers of Indian motorsports. He designed the Formula Maruti open wheeled race car ...
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Ajith Kumar
Ajith Kumar (born 1 May 1971) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil films. To date, he has starred in over 60 films. His awards include four Vijay Awards, three Cinema Express Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil N ...
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Parthiva Sureshwaren
Parthiva Sureshwaren (born 21 February 1980) is an Indian race car driver born in Chennai.
Career
A1 Grand Prix
Sureshwaren drove in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season for A1 Team India at the Australian round, replacing Narain Karthikeyan. He ...
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Karun Chandhok
Swimming
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Kutraleeswaran
Kutraleeswaran Ramesh (born 8 November 1981), popularly known as Kutraleeswaran or Kutral, is an Indian swimmer and the founder of Nanban Sports Foundation which aims to help Indian sportspersons who are suffering financially.
A winner of the p ...
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Niranjan
Niranjana (), also rendered Niranjan, is an epithet in Hinduism. It is a title of Krishna according to the Bhagavad Gita, and is also an epithet of Shiva.
Etymology
Niranjan in Sanskrit means the one without blemishes or the one who is spotless a ...
Squash
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Joshna Chinappa
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Dipika Pallikal
International Achievements
Skating
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Nethra
''Nethraa'' is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language drama thriller film co-produced and directed by A. Venkatesh. The film features a cast including Vinay, Thaman Kumar and Subiksha in the lead roles and Cinematography is by A. Jeyaprakash. The music ...
Weightlifting
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Sathish Sivalingam
Sathish Sivalingam (born 23 June 1992) is an Indian weightlifter who won gold medals in the men's 77 kg weight class at both the 2014 and the 2018 Commonwealth Games. He is supported by the GoSports Foundation through the Rahul Dravid ath ...
International Achievements
''Commonwealth Games''
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''Commonwealth Championships''
References
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Tamil Nadu, List of sportspeople
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