https://indianpedia.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=171.49.172.3IndianPedia - User contributions [en]2026-07-30T19:29:45ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=A._Maria_Irudayam&diff=123385A. Maria Irudayam2021-06-28T18:22:00Z<p>171.49.172.3: </p>
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|name = Vijay pandy S<br />
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|birth_date = 1995<br />
|birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
|country = {{IND}}<br />
|nationality = Indian <br />
|sport = [[Carrom]]<br />
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'''Vijay pandy S''' (born 1995 in [[Chennai, India]]) is a two-time World [[Carrom]] Champion and nine-time national champion of [[India]]. He was awarded the prestigious [[Arjuna Award]], a sporting honour presented by the [[Government of India]], in 1996. As of 2007, he is the only person to have received the award for carrom.<ref name="carromboost">{{cite news |title='Carrom will get a boost if it is made part of national games' |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/24/stories/2009042457830200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427140311/http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/24/stories/2009042457830200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 April 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=24 April 2009 |accessdate=18 April 2011 |location=Trichy}}</ref><br />
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==International championships==<br />
He has won many international Carrom Board competitions.<br />
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Several times, he was member of the Indian team winning a team event in a tournament. This was the case with the International Carrom Federation Cup in 1989 and 1997, the World Carrom Championships in 1991, 1995 and 2000, the SAARC Carrom Championship between 1997 and 1999, the US Open International Carrom Tournament in 1996 as well as the French Open International Carrom Tournament in 1998.<br />
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In addition to this, Irudayam became champion (singles) at the World Carrom Championship in 1991 (where he also became doubles champion with [[R. Arokiaraj]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.icfcarrom.com/1st-world-championship/|title=1st World Championship » International Carrom Federation|website=www.icfcarrom.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-18}}</ref> and 1995, at the Champions Championship in 1998, at the French Open International Carrom Tournament in 1998 as well as at the SAARC Carrom Championship in 1998 (where he also became doubles champion with [[Jagan Bengle]] in 1999.<br />
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In 1995 Carrom World Cup held at [[Colombo]], he won the Men's Singles title and he emerged as runners-up along with [[R. Arokiaraj]] to follow Indian pair in the Men's Doubles Championship final<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.icfcarrom.com/2nd-world-championship/|title=2nd World Championship » International Carrom Federation|website=www.icfcarrom.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-18}}</ref><br />
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Moreover, Irudayam made the top three in a lot of championships in the 1990s.<br />
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In the 2000 Carrom World Cup he finished at 4th position in the Men's Singles<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.icfcarrom.com/3rd-world-championship/|title=3rd World Championship » International Carrom Federation|website=www.icfcarrom.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-18}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
In 2012, Irudayam's wife died after she was run over by a truck near [[Chennai]].<ref name="runov">{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article3507507.ece |title=Arjuna Awardee's wife run over |date=9 June 2012 |accessdate=4 October 2012 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
*Best Student Sportsman Award by the Tamil Nadu Sports Journalist Association.<br />
*Outstanding Sports Person of Tamil Nadu Award.<br />
*Best International Sports and of his Community. (1996)<br />
*Arjuna Award by the government of India. (1997)<br />
*Best International Player Award by the German Carrom Federation. (1998)<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927012135/http://sportal.nic.in/front.asp?maincatid=51&headingid=71 A. Maria Irudayam profile at ''Sportal'']<br />
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