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| birth_name = M Tamil Selvan<br />
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| birth_place = [[Vellore]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
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'''M Tamil Selvan''' is a former Indian weightlifter who won silver medals in the men's Bantamweight event at 1978 Commonwealth Games<ref>{{Cite news|last=Thyagarajan|first=S.|date=2014-07-31|title=Sathuvachari — the home of weightlifters|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/sathuvachari-the-home-of-weightlifters/article6267574.ece|url-status=live|access-date=2020-10-29|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and in the men's Featherweight event at 1982 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{Cite web|title=This rustic gym in Vellore has produced five Olympians|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2016/nov/27/this-rustic-gym-in-vellore-has-produced-five-olympians-1543036.html|access-date=2020-10-29|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> He was conferred with the [[Arjuna Award]] in the year 1977-78 by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sdat.tn.gov.in/arjunaawardeespdf/tamilselvan_weightlifting.pdf|title=M Tamil Selvan|last=|first=|website=Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu|language=en|access-date=2020-10-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines.|url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-hindu/20170909/282419874408714|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-29|website=[[Pressreader]]}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of people from Vellore]]<br />
*[[List of Tamil recipients of the Arjuna Award]]<br />
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[[Category:1955 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian weightlifters]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 1978 Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 1982 Commonwealth Games]]</div>
>GrahamHardy