The following is the list of International Sports Persons from the Indian State of Tamil Nadu:
2016 Summer Olympics - Rio 2016 Satish Sivalingam - Weightlifting, Arokia Rajiv - Relay, Ayyasamy Dharun - Relay, Sharath Kamal - Table Tennis, Krishnan Ganapathi - 20 km Walk, Mohan Kumar - Track and Field
2016 Summer Paralympics - Rio 2016 MedalNameSportEventDate GoldMariyappan ThangaveluAthleticsMen's High Jump9 September
Athletics Rajasekaran Pichaya Santhi Soundarajan Kumaravel Premkumar Nikhil Chittarasu
Table Tennis Sathiyan Gnanasekaran 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
MedalSportEventDateTable Tennis - Men's Singles2006 Commonwealth Games - Melbourne26 MarchTable Tennis - Men's Team2006 Commonwealth Games - Melbourne27 MarchTable Tennis - Men's Doubles2010 Commonwealth Games - Delhi13 OctoberTable Tennis - Men's Team2010 Commonwealth Games - Delhi9 OctoberTable Tennis - Men's Team2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast9 AprilTable Tennis - Men's Doubles2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast14 AprilTable Tennis - Men's Singles2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast15 AprilTable Tennis - Mixed Doubles2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast15 April
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.
Ramanathan Krishnan Ramesh Krishnan Vijay Amritraj Anand Amritraj Mahesh Bhupathi Prajnesh Gunneswaran Ramkumar Ramanathan Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Vijay Sundar Prashanth N. Sriram Balaji Prakash Amritraj
Chess Viswanathan Anand Gukesh D Pragganandha
Carrom A. Maria Irudayam S. Ilavazhagi
Hockey Vasudevan Baskaran He captained the Indian team, which won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union.
MedalNameSportEventDate GoldVasudevan BaskaranField hockey Field hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics29 July 1980
Motor racing Narain Karthikeyan Sundaram Karivardhan Ajith Kumar Parthiva Sureshwaren Karun Chandhok
Swimming Kutraleeswaran Niranjan
Squash Joshna Chinappa Dipika Pallikal
International Achievements
MedalPlayer nameSportEventDateDipika Pallikal & Joshna ChinappaSquash - Women's Doubles2014 Commonwealth Games - Glasgow2 AugustDipika Pallikal & Joshna ChinappaSquash - Women's Doubles2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast15 AprilDipika Pallikal & Saurav Ghosal(West Bengal)Squash - Mixed Doubles2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast14 April
Skating Nethra
Weightlifting Sathish Sivalingam
International Achievements Commonwealth Games Year Venue Event Total Result 2018 Gold Coast 77 kg 317 Gold 2014 Glasgow 77 kg 328 Gold Commonwealth Championships Year Venue Event Total Result 2017 Gold Coast 77 kg 320 Gold 2015 Glasgow 77 kg 325 Gold 2012 Tasmania 77 kg 297 Gold
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