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Raghavan Chanderasekaran (born 8 June 1970) is an Indian weightlifter. He represented India at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3] He won three gold medals in the 1990 Commonwealth Games,[4] and three silver medals in the 1994 Commonwealth Games, to become the most decorated Indian male weightlifter at the Commonwealth Games.[5] He has also won a gold medal at the 1987 South Asian Games at Dhaka.[6]

NationalityIndian
Born (1970-06-08) 8 June 1970 (age 56)
Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India
Weightclass
Flyweight / Bantamweight
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Raghavan Chanderasekaran
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1970-06-08) 8 June 1970 (age 56)
Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Weight class
Flyweight / Bantamweight
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  India
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Commonwealth Games 3 3 0
South Asian Games 1 0 0
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place1990 AucklandFlyweight total
Gold medal – first place1990 AucklandFlyweight snatch
Gold medal – first place1990 AucklandFlyweight clean & jerk
Silver medal – second place1994 VictoriaBantamweight total
Silver medal – second place1994 VictoriaBantamweight snatch
Silver medal – second place1994 VictoriaBantamweight clean & jerk
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place1987 DhakaFlyweight
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He was awarded the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting honour, by the Government of India in 1990.[7]

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