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Raghavan Chanderasekaran

b. 1970

Indian weightlifter

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Born 1970. Raghavan Chanderasekaran is a weightlifter.

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

He was awarded the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting honour, by the Government of India in 1990.

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Indian weightlifter

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Raghavan Chanderasekaran was born on 8 June 1970.

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Raghavan Chanderasekaran is a weightlifter.

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· Wikipedia: Raghavan Chanderasekaran

· Wikidata: Q83688638

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