C. Kunalan

C. Kunalan
	Kunalan at a Singapore Olympic Academy Youth Session, 2008.
Personal information
Full name	Canagasabai Kunalan
Nationality	Singapore
Born	23 October 1942 (age 81); Singapore
Years active	1963–1979
Sport
Country	Malaysia; Singapore;
Sport	Athletics
Events	Sprinting; Relay;
Coached by	Tan Eng Yoon; Yap Boon Chuan
Retired	1979

Canagasabai Kunalan (born 23 October 1942), known as C. Kunalan,^[1] is a retired Singaporean sprinter, relay runner, former footballer and educator, widely regarded as one of Singapore's greatest ever athletes.^[2]^[3] Named Sportsman of the Year in both 1968 and 1969,^[4] his feat of 10.38 seconds in the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games 100 metres was a national record that stood for 33 years.^[5]^[6]^[7]

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