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Place of Birth: Egattur, Tamil Nadu, India
About Ekambaram Karunakaran
- Ekambaram Kaunakaran (born 6 June 1954) is a former Indian weightlifter.
- He was the first Indian to win the Gold medal in an International Competition in weightlifting.
- This was in the Commonwealth games in Edmonton, Canada in 1978.
- Karunakaran's career spanned over a decade.
- He was conferred with the Arjuna Award in the year 1978-79 by the Government of India.
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