Ramaswamy Gnanasekaran
Indian sprinter (born 1954)
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Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1954-01-05) 5 January 1954 (age 70) Palaiyur, Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ramaswamy Gnanasekaran (born 5 January 1954) is an Indian sprinter. He was the gold medalist in the 200 metres in the 1978 Asian Games. He later became a coach. He was given the Arjuna Award for athletics in 1978-79.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ "Ramaswamy Gnanasekaran". SportsBharti. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- Ranjit Bhatia (1 January 1999). Reebok Handbook of Indian Athletics. Full Circle. p. xxxix. ISBN 978-81-7621-051-5. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- "Arjuna awardee Gnanasekaran has only one regret". The Hindu. 10 April 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- "Slow and unsteady: Athletes go off track". Hindustan Times. 21 July 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2018. - ^ "MEDAL WINNERS OF ASIAN GAMES". Athletics Federation of India. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Asian Championships". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
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Asian Games champions in men's 200 metres
- 1951: Lavy Pinto (IND)
- 1954: Muhammad Sharif Butt (PAK)
- 1958: Milkha Singh (IND)
- 1962–66: Mani Jegathesan (MAL/MAS)
- 1970–74: Anat Ratanapol (THA)
- 1978: Ramaswamy Gnanasekaran (IND)
- 1982–1986: Jang Jae-keun (KOR)
- 1990: Susumu Takano (JPN)
- 1994: Talal Mansour (QAT)
- 1998: Koji Ito (JPN)
- 2002–06: Shingo Suetsugu (JPN)
- 2010–14: Femi Ogunode (QAT)
- 2018: Yuki Koike (JPN)
- 2022: Koki Ueyama (JPN)
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