Sivabalan is a volleyball player from

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, India. He has played for both junior and senior national volleyball teams. In his later years, he also played beach volleyball for India.

Early life

Sivabalan was born in

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. He studied at the St. Mary's Higher Secondary School, Madurai where he had his early training in volleyball in 1997–1998. He was part of the Friends Volleyball Club, Puduvayal and later he honed his skills at the Sports Hostel from 1998.

Career

He is currently the captain of Chennai Customs basketball team,

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. He earlier played for Indian Overseas Bank, Chennai. He hails from

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district, Tamil Nadu. He is the product of SDAT. He was a student of

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References

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