Raghavan Chanderasekaran
Indian weightlifter (born 1970)
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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
Born8 June 1970
Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India
SportWeightlifting
Weightclass
Flyweight / Bantamweight| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Born | 8 June 1970 Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
Weight class | Flyweight / Bantamweight |
Medal record | |
He was awarded the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting honour, by the Government of India in 1990.[7]
