Govindasamy Saravanan

Govindasamy Saravanan (born 15 May 1970) is a Malaysian male race walker. He won the gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games staged in his home country.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1995	Asian Championships	Djakarta, Indonesia	3rd	50 km
1997	Southeast Asian Games	Djakarta, Indonesia	1st	50 km
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1st	50 km
2001	Southeast Asian Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1st	50 km

References

Govindasamy Saravanan profile at IAAF

Commonwealth Games champions in Men's 20-mile, 30 km and 50 kilometres race walk

1966–1974: 20 miles 1978–1994: 30 kilometres 1998–2006: 50 kilometres

1966: Ron Wallwork (ENG) 1970: Noel Freeman (AUS) 1974: John Warhurst (ENG) 1978: Olly Flynn (ENG) 1982: Steve Barry (WAL) 1986: Simon Baker (AUS) 1990: Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN) 1994: Nicholas A'Hern (AUS) 1998: Govindasamy Saravanan (MAS) 2002–2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS)

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