List of sportspeople from Tamil Nadu

The following is the list of International Sports Persons from the Indian State of Tamil Nadu:

2016 Summer Olympics - Rio 2016

 * Satish Sivalingam - Weightlifting,
 * Arokia Rajiv - 4 x 400 m Relay,
 * Ayyasamy Dharun - 4 x 400 m Relay,
 * Sharath Kamal - Table Tennis,
 * Krishnan Ganapathi - 20 km Walk,
 * Mohan Kumar - Track and Field

Athletics

 * Rajasekaran Pichaya
 * Santhi Soundarajan
 * Kumaravel Premkumar
 * Nikhil Chittarasu

Table Tennis
Achanta Sharath Kamal (born 12 July 1982) is a professional Table Tennis player from Tamil Nadu, India. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran is the highest ever ranked Indian in the world.
 * Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
 * Sharath Kamal

Tennis
All grand slam and highest singles ranking by an Indian are achieved by the players from Tamil Nadu. Ramanathan Krishnan reached semi finals of grand slam twice. His son Ramesh Krishnan reached grand slam quarters thrice and have beaten then World No 1 player Matts Wilander in the Australian open. Vijay Amritraj have reached quarter finals of grand slams fours times and have won 18 ATP singles career titles. Mahesh Bhupathi have won 12 grand slams titles for doubles and mixed doubles.


 * Ramanathan Krishnan
 * Ramesh Krishnan
 * Vijay Amritraj
 * Anand Amritraj
 * Mahesh Bhupathi
 * Prajnesh Gunneswaran
 * Ramkumar Ramanathan
 * Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
 * Vijay Sundar Prashanth
 * N. Sriram Balaji
 * Prakash Amritraj

Chess

 * Viswanathan Anand

Carrom

 * A. Maria Irudayam
 * S. Ilavazhagi

Hockey
He captained the Indian team, which won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union.
 * Vasudevan Baskaran

Motor racing

 * Narain Karthikeyan
 * Sundaram Karivardhan
 * Ajith Kumar
 * Parthiva Sureshwaren
 * Karun Chandhok

Swimming

 * Kutraleeswaran
 * Niranjan

Squash

 * Joshna Chinappa
 * Dipika Pallikal

Skating

 * Nethra

Weightlifting

 * Sathish Sivalingam

International Achievements
Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Championships