List of sportspeople from Tamil Nadu

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

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2016 Summer Olympics - Rio 2016

2016 Summer Paralympics - Rio 2016
Medal Name Sport Event Date
Gold Mariyappan Thangavelu Athletics Men's High Jump 09 September


Athletics

Table Tennis

Achanta Sharath Kamal (born 12 July 1982) is a professional Table Tennis player from Tamil Nadu, India.

International Achievements
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

Chess

Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and a former World Chess Champion.

International Achievements
Awards
Preceded by
Alexander Khalifman		 FIDE World Chess Champion
2000–2002		 Succeeded by
Ruslan Ponomariov
Preceded by
Vladimir Kramnik		 World Chess Champion
2007–2013		 Succeeded by
Magnus Carlsen
Preceded by
Garry Kasparov
Vassily Ivanchuk		 World Rapid Chess Champion
2003–2009
2017-present		 Succeeded by
Levon Aronian
Incumbent
Preceded by
Mikhail Tal		 World Blitz Chess Champion
2000–2006		 Succeeded by
Alexander Grischuk
Achievements
Preceded by
Veselin Topalov
Vladimir Kramnik
Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen		 World No. 1
1 April – 31 December 2007
1 April – 30 September 2008
1 November – 31 December 2010
1 March – 30 June 2011		 Succeeded by
Vladimir Kramnik
Veselin Topalov
Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen

Carrom

Hockey

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date
Gold Vasudevan Baskaran Field Hockey Field hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics 29 July 1980

Motor racing

Swimming

Squash

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

Skating

Weightlifting

International Achievements

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
  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. "Sivalingam Sathish Kumar". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
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