Prem Kumar Selvam
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| Born | 10 January 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Karate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Event | Kumite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Prem Kumar Selvam (born 10 January 1994)[1] is a Malaysian karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's kumite 55 kg event at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games held in the Philippines.[2] Two years earlier, he won bronze in this event.[3] He is also a bronze medalist at the Asian Games and a four-time bronze medalist at the Asian Karate Championships.
Career
[edit | edit source]In 2018, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1]
He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 55 kg event at the 2018 Asian Karate Championships held in Amman, Jordan. At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 55 kg event.[4]
In 2021, he competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5]
He won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 55 kg event at the 2022 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[6]
In 2023, he won the gold medal in his event at the SEA Games held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He also won the silver medal in the men's team kumite event. He won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2023 Asian Karate Championships held in Malacca, Malaysia.[7]
Achievements
[edit | edit source]| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
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| 2017 | Southeast Asian Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 3rd | Kumite 55 kg |
| 3rd | Team kumite | |||
| 2018 | Asian Championships | Amman, Jordan | 3rd | Kumite 55 kg |
| Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 3rd | Kumite 60 kg | |
| 2019 | Asian Championships | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 3rd | Kumite 55 kg |
| Southeast Asian Games | Manila, Philippines | 1st | Kumite 55 kg | |
| 2022 | Southeast Asian Games | Hanoi, Vietnam | 3rd | Kumite 60 kg |
| Asian Championships | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 3rd | Kumite 55 kg | |
| 2023 | Southeast Asian Games | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 1st | Kumite 55 kg |
| 2nd | Team kumite | |||
| 2023 | Asian Championships | Malacca, Malaysia | 3rd | Kumite 55 kg |
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External links
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- Living people
- 1994 births
- Malaysian male karateka
- Malaysian people of Indian descent
- Sportspeople of Indian descent
- Malaysian Hindus
- Karateka at the 2018 Asian Games
- Karateka at the 2022 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists in karate
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia
- SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia
- SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia
- SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia
- SEA Games competitors for Malaysia
- SEA Games medalists in karate
- Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games
- 21st-century Malaysian sportsmen