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'''Chenanda C. Machaiah''' | '''Chenanda C. Machaiah''' (born 8 March 1954)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/3879 |title=C. C. Machaiah |work=Olympedia |access-date=18 March 2022}}</ref> is a [[boxer]] from [[Karnataka]], India. He was one of the earliest boxers to represent India internationally. He represented [[India]] as a boxer in the [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976]] at Montreal, losing in the first round in the Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) category.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/chand-machiah-1.html |title=C. C. Machaiah Olympic Results |accessdate=21 December 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223030211/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/chand-machiah-1.html |archivedate=23 December 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
He also represented India on 11 occasions, including the Asian Boxing Championships at Jakarta (1977), the Indo-USSR Tournament in USSR (1977), the XIth Commonwealth Games at Edmonton (1978) and the 8th Asian Games at Bangkok. He won a total of 6 international medals including one gold. He is the recipient of the "Arjuna Award" in 1978-79, the highest sports honour for a sportsman in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://connect.in.com/d-n-davar/news/champion-olympic-boxer-machaiah-to-receive-queens-baton-at-mysore-palace-gate-492754-6c8e34f56dce606ad915821957ca6a6d5108cc50.html|title=OLYMPIC BOXER TO RECEIVE THE BATON|date=19 August 2010|publisher=Star of Mysore|accessdate=2011-12-26}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | He also represented India on 11 occasions, including the Asian Boxing Championships at Jakarta (1977), the Indo-USSR Tournament in USSR (1977), the XIth Commonwealth Games at Edmonton (1978) and the 8th Asian Games at Bangkok. He won a total of 6 international medals including one gold. He is the recipient of the "Arjuna Award" in 1978-79, the highest sports honour for a sportsman in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://connect.in.com/d-n-davar/news/champion-olympic-boxer-machaiah-to-receive-queens-baton-at-mysore-palace-gate-492754-6c8e34f56dce606ad915821957ca6a6d5108cc50.html|title=OLYMPIC BOXER TO RECEIVE THE BATON|date=19 August 2010|publisher=Star of Mysore|accessdate=2011-12-26}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Boxers at the 1978 Asian Games]] | [[Category:Boxers at the 1978 Asian Games]] | ||
[[Category:Boxers at the 1982 Asian Games]] | [[Category:Boxers at the 1982 Asian Games]] | ||
[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing]] | [[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing]] | ||
[[Category:Boxers from Karnataka]] | [[Category:Boxers from Karnataka]] | ||