Prem Kumar Selvam

Prem Kumar Selvam (born 10 January 1994) is a Malaysian karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's kumite 55kg event at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games held in the Philippines. Two years earlier, he won bronze in this event. He is also a bronze medalist at the Asian Games and a four-time bronze medalist at the Asian Karate Championships.

Career

In 2018, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 60kg event at the Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.

In 2021, he competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 55kg event at the 2022 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

In 2023, he won the gold medal in his event at the SEA Games held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He also won the silver medal in the men's team kumite event. He won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2023 Asian Karate Championships held in Malacca, Malaysia.

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