Editing List of Malaysian sportspeople of Indian descent

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This is a '''list of notable Malaysian sportspeople of Indian origin''', including original immigrants who obtained Malaysian citizenship and their Malaysian descendants. Entries on this list are demonstrably notable by having a linked current article or reliable sources as footnotes against the name to verify they are notable and define themselves either full or partial Indian origin, whose ethnic origin lie in [[India]].

This list also includes emigrant Malaysian sportspeople of Indian origin and could be taken as a list of famous Malaysian sportspeople of Indian origin.

==Athletics==
* [[C. Kunalan|Canagasabai Kunalan]],  Singaporean sprinter, relay runner, former footballer and educator.
* [[Govindasamy Saravanan]],  Malaysian race walker. He won the gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
* [[Mani Jegathesan]], Malaysian athletes
* [[Nashatar Singh Sidhu]], Malaysian former javelin thrower who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
* [[Shanti Govindasamy]]

==Aquatics==
* [[Abdul Malik Mydin]], Malaysian solo long-distance swimmer

==Badminton==

* [[Punch Gunalan]]
* [[Renuga Veeran]],  Australian badminton player
* [[Sutheaswari Mudukasan]]
* [[Sannatasah Saniru]], female Malaysian badminton player who competed at 2012 Japan Super Series
* [[Anita Raj Kaur]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-sports.org/badminton-kaur-anita-raj-results-identity-s30-c2-b4-o29-w62738.html|title=Badminton - Anita Raj Kaur (Malaysia)}}</ref>

==Cricket==
* [[Arul Suppiah|Arul Vivasvan Suppiah]]
* [[David Thalalla]]
* [[Jeevandran Nair]]
* [[John Prakash]]
* [[Krishnamurthi Muniandy]]
* [[Kunjiraman Ramadas]]
* [[Lall Singh]]
* [[Manrick Singh]] 
* [[Marimuthu Muniandy]]
* [[Pavandeep Singh]]
* [[Rakesh Madhavan]]
* [[Ramesh Menon (cricketer)|Ramesh Menon]]
* [[Ramesh Menon]]
* [[Rattan Jaidka]] (1927)
* [[Rohan Selvaratnam|Rohan Mark Selvaratnam]]
* [[Rohan Suppiah|Rohan Vishnu Suppiah]]
* [[Santhara Vello]]
* [[Sarath Jayawardene]] (1993–2007)
* [[Shankar Retinam]]
* [[Suresh Navaratnam]]
* [[Suresh Sakadivan]]
* [[Suresh Singh]]
* [[Suriaprakash Ganesan]] (2004–present)
* [[Suhan Alagaratnam]]

==Fencing==
* [[Ronnie Theseira]]

==Association football or soccer==
* [[D. Christie Jayaseelan|Devasagayam Christie Jayaseelan]]
* [[K. Reuben|Reuben Thayaparan Kathiripillai]] {{ref|6|1}}
* [[K. Depan Sakwati|Depan Sakwati]]
* [[K. Nanthakumar]]{{ref|6|1}}
* [[Razali Umar Kandasamy]]
* [[Gary Steven Robbat]]{{ref|6|1}}
* [[S. Kunanlan|Kunanlan Subramaniam]]{{ref|6|1}}
* [[Suppiah Chanturu]]{{ref|6|1}}
* [[K. Sasi Kumar]]
* [[P. Rajesh|Rajesh Perumal]]
* [[V. Kavi Chelvan]]
* [[G. Puaneswaran]]
* [[S. Sivanesan]]
* [[Gopinathan Ramachandra]]
* [[D. Saarvindran]]
* [[Surendran Ravindran]]
* [[K. Ravindran]]
* [[Thirumurugan Veeran]]{{ref|6|1}}
* [[G. Jeevananthan|Gunasekaran Jeevananthan]]{{ref|6|1}}
* [[Padathan Gunalan]]{{ref|6|1}}
* [[M. Sivakumar]]
* [[R. Surendran]]{{ref|6|1}}
* [[G. Mahathevan]]{{ref|6|1}}
* [[K. Gurusamy|Gurusamy]] {{ref|6|1}}
* [[S. Subramaniam (footballer)|S. Subramaniam]]{{ref|6|1}}
* [[S. Veenod|Veenod Subramaniam]]
1.{{note|6}}Representing or had represented the [[Malaysia national football team]]
* [[R. Arumugam]], Malaysia football legend
* [[Santokh Singh]], Malaysia football legend
* [[R. Surendran]], striker for [[Selangor FA]]
* [[Thanabalan Nadarajah]], played in [[Malaysia national football team]] during the [[2017 Southeast Asian Games]]
* [[K. Gurusamy]]
* [[S. Kunanlan]]
* [[Thirumurugan Veeran]]
* [[Victor Andrag]]
* [[D. Saarvindran]]
* [[S. Veenod]], plays as a midfielder for Selangor FA 
* [[Gary Steven Robbat]]
* [[K. Ravindran]]
* [[K. Rajan]]
* [[R. Surendran]]
* [[K. Ravindran]]
* [[Suppiah Chanturu]]
* [[V. Murugan]], former [[Malaysia national football team]] goalkeeper
* [[K. Nanthakumar]]
* [[S. Subramaniam (footballer)|S. Subramaniam]]
* [[D. Christie Jayaseelan]]
* [[K. Sasi Kumar]]
* [[Ramesh Lai Ban Huat]]
* [[Padathan Gunalan]]
* [[S. Sarath Babu]]
* [[G. Jeevananthan]]
* [[C. Premnath]]
* [[K. Reuben]]
* [[G. Mahathevan]]
* [[D. Surendran]]
* [[Surendran Ravindran]]
* [[V. Saravanan]]
* [[Thamil Arasu Ambumamee]]
* [[Gary Steven Robbat]]
* [[D. Saarvindran]]
* [[K. Depan Sakwati]]
* [[V. Kavi Chelvan]]
* [[D. Christie Jayaseelan|Devasagayam Christie Jayaseelan]]
* [[P. Rajesh]]
* [[M. Sivakumar]]
* [[K. Linggam]]
* [[S. Sivanesan]]
* [[Yosri Derma Raju]]
* [[G. Jeevananthan|Gunasekaran Jeevananthan]]
* [[Syamer Kutty Abba]]
* [[G. Mahathevan]]
* [[G. Puaneswaran]]
* [[Gopinathan Ramachandra]]
*[[C.Nadarajan]]
* [[V.Krishnasamy]]

==Hockey==
* [[Kuhan Shanmuganathan]], Malaysia Number one hockey player. Kuhan is known as one of the penalty corner specialist.
* [[Kumar Subramaniam]], national hockey player 
* [[Peter van Huizen]], national hockey player
* [[Selvaraju Sandrakasi]]
* [[Sarjit Singh]], national hockey player
* [[Baljit Singh Charun]], national hockey player 
* [[Baljit Singh Sarjab]], national player
* [[Duraisingam Sinnadurai]], national hockey player
* [[John Shaw (field hockey)|John Shaw]],  former field hockey player, who represented Great Britain in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta

==Martial art==
* [[Puvaneswaran Ramasamy]], National elite Karate, Rangga Roa tae kwon do l<ref>{{cite web |url=http://martialarts.com.my/community/modules/news/article.php?storyid=793 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-06-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830023424/http://martialarts.com.my/community/modules/news/article.php?storyid=793 |archivedate=2013-08-30 }}</ref>

==Motorsport==
* [[Karamjit Singh]], first Asian driver to win the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Production Car World Championship for Drivers
* [[Nadarajan Periasamy]]
* [[Nandakumar Puspanathan]]

==Scrabble==
* [[Ganesh Asirvatham]], world runner-up scrabble player in 2007, and Guinness World Records holder since 2007.

==Sports management==
* [[Shebby Singh]], Sport Pundit
* [[Peter Velappan]], general secretary of the Asian Football Confederation from 1978 to 2007
* [[K. Rajagopal (footballer)|K. Rajagopal]], [[Malaysia national football team]] manager
* [[B. Sathianathan]], former coach of [[Malaysia national football team]]
* [[K. Devan]], former manager of [[Malaysia national football team]]
* [[M. Karathu]], former Malaysian football manager and player.
* [[E. Elavarasan]], current coach of the Malaysia Super League football team [[Terengganu FA]]
* [[S. Veloo]], ex-coach of Penang FA
* [[Stanley Bernard Stephen Samuel]]
* [[Sarjit Singh]], national field hockey coach

==Squash==
* [[Nicol David]], world number one female squash player
* [[Vanessa Raj]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.squashinfo.com/players/5830-vanessa-raj|title = Squash Info &#124; Vanessa Raj &#124; Squash}}</ref>
* [[Sanjay Singh (squash player)|Sanjay Singh]]
* [[Sivasangari Subramaniam]]

==Tennis==
* [[Theiviya Selvarajoo]], [[Malaysia Fed Cup team]] player<ref>http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100127426</ref>
* [[Kanagaraj Balakrishnan]]

==Track cycling==
* [[Arulraj Rosli]]
* [[Murugayan Kumaresan]]

==References==
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[[Category:Lists of Malaysian people]]
[[Category:Lists of people of Indian descent]]
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