Govindasamy Saravanan (born 12 May 1970) is a Malaysian male

race walker Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

. He won the gold medal at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ( Malay: ), officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games (Malay: ), were a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 1998 games were the first held in Asia and the last Commonwealth Games of the 20th cen ...

staged in his home country.

International competitions

References

* 1970 births Living people Malaysian male race walkers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Malaysia Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Asian Games athletes for Malaysia Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Malaysian sportspeople of Indian descent Malaysian people of Tamil descent SEA Games medalists in athletics SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics Asian Athletics Championships medalists {{Malaysia-athletics-bio-stub