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E. Karunakaran
Karunakaran at Hindustan Sports Foundation
Personal information
Full name
Ekambaram Karunakaran
Nickname
Iron Man
Nationality
Indian
Born
(1954-06-06) 6 June 1954 (age 70) Egattur, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater
NIS Patiala, Punjab
Height
1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) (2015)
Weight
77 kg (170 lb) (2015)
Sport
Country
India
Sport
Weightlifting
Event
52 kg
Partner
Kalavathy
Retired
2015
Now coaching
National Institute of Sports
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking
Rank 1(1978)
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing India
Men's Weight Lifting
Commonwealth Games
1978 Edmonton
Flyweight
Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships
1980 Cardiff
Flyweight
1981 Auckland
Flyweight
Mini Commonwealth Games
1981 Brisbane
Flyweight
New Zealand Summer Games
1981 Auckland
Flyweight
Asian Weightlifting Championships
1981 Nagoya
Flyweight
World Railway Games
1984 Sofia
Flyweight
Pakistan National Games
1984 Islambabad
Flyweight
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Ekambaram Karunakaran (also Karunagaran, born 6 June 1954) is an Indian former weightlifter. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1][2] He was the first Indian to win the gold medal in an international competition in weightlifting.[3] This was in the Commonwealth games in Edmonton, Canada in 1978. Karunakaran's career spanned over a decade. He was conferred with the Arjuna Award in the year 1978-79 by the Government of India.
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karunagaran Ekambaram Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
^"E. KARUNAKARAN" (PDF). sdat.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
^"India In Commonwealth Games". NDTV Sports. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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