C. Kunalan
Kunalan at a Singapore Olympic Academy Youth Session, 2008. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Canagasabai Kunalan | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Singapore | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 October 1942 Singapore | |||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1963–1979 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
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| Coached by | Tan Eng Yoon Yap Boon Chuan | |||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1979 | |||||||||||||||||
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Canagasabai Kunalan (born 23 October 1942), known as C. Kunalan, is a retired Singaporean sprinter, relay runner, former footballer and educator, widely regarded as one of Singapore's greatest ever athletes. Named Sportsman of the Year in both 1968 and 1969, his feat of 10.38 seconds in the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games 100 metres was a national record that stood for 33 years.