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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian weightlifter (born 1955)}}<br />
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'''Muniswamy Tamil Selvan''' (born 3 February 1955) is a former Indian weightlifter. He competed in the [[Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg|men's bantamweight event]] at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mu/tamil-selwan-muniswamy-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418063809/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mu/tamil-selwan-muniswamy-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Tamil Selwan Muniswamy Olympic Results |accessdate=12 January 2020}}</ref> He won silver medals in the men's Bantamweight event at 1978 Commonwealth Games<ref>{{Cite news|last=Thyagarajan|first=S.|date=2014-07-31|title=Sathuvachari — the home of weightlifters|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/sathuvachari-the-home-of-weightlifters/article6267574.ece|access-date=2020-10-29|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and in the men's Featherweight event at 1982 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{Cite web|title=This rustic gym in Vellore has produced five Olympians|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2016/nov/27/this-rustic-gym-in-vellore-has-produced-five-olympians-1543036.html|access-date=2020-10-29|website=The New Indian Express|date=27 November 2016 }}</ref> He was conferred with the [[Arjuna Award]] in the year 1977-78 by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sdat.tn.gov.in/arjunaawardeespdf/tamilselvan_weightlifting.pdf|title=M Tamil Selvan|last=|first=|website=Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu|language=en|access-date=2020-10-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Heavy lifters are at home in Sathuvachari|url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-hindu/20170909/282419874408714|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102214341/https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-hindu/20170909/282419874408714|archive-date=2 Nov 2020|access-date=2023-09-26|via=[[PressReader]]}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of people from Vellore]]<br />
*[[List of Tamil recipients of the Arjuna Award]]<br />
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[[Category:1955 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male weightlifters]]<br />
[[Category:People from Vellore]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic weightlifters for India]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 1978 Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 1982 Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian people]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in weightlifting]]<br />
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