Mariappan Perumal
Appearance
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Full name | Mariappan a/l Perumal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | P. Mariappan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Malaysian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Malacca | 25 February 1958||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting, Powerlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Polio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mariappan Perumal is a former Malaysian Paralympic weightlifter. He won bronze at the 1988 Summer Paralympics and 1992 Summer Paralympics. He also won Malaysia's first Paralympic medal.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "This Is Paralympian Mariappan Perumal. He Is 58 Years Old and He Won Malaysia's First Paralympic Medal in 1988 (Seoul, Korea) and Then Another in 1992 (Barcelona, Spain). He Is a Seven-Time Paralympian and This Is His Story". Humans of KL. 10 April 2019. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ Natividad, Nikki (8 April 2021). "The Malaysian Paralympian Forgotten by His Country". Vice News. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ BK, Kedung (14 April 2021). ""Saya Bekerja Keras Di 7 Paralimpik Untuk Negara Tapi Ini Balasan Saya," Ini Kisah Mariappan Perumal" ["I Worked Hard In 7 Paralympics For The Country But This Is What I Gets," This Is The Story Of Mariappan Perumal] (in Malay). ILoveBorneo.my. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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Categories:
- Living people
- Malaysian people of Indian descent
- Malaysian male weightlifters
- Malaysian powerlifters
- Paralympic powerlifters for Malaysia
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Malaysia
- Weightlifters at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in weightlifting
- 1958 births
- Sportspeople from Malacca
- 20th-century Malaysian people
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games
- Asian weightlifting biography stubs
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- Paralympic medalist stubs