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Born | Malacca Town, Malacca, Malaysia | 10 August 1949||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) (1972) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) (1972) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Singapore | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 5000 metres, 10,000 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
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P. C. Suppiah (born 10 August 1949) is a Malaysia-born Singaporean former athlete. [1] [2] His full name may be P. Chinakaruppan Suppiah [3] [4] or Phang Cue Suppiah. [1] [5] He was Singapore's first long-distance runner at the Olympics. [6]
Suppiah was born in Malacca Town, in the Malaysian state of Malacca. [1] He moved to Singapore as a child after his father's death. [4] Suppiah became a citizen of Singapore one day before competing in the 1971 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, where he won a gold medal in the 10,000 metres and a silver in the 5000 metres. [7] A year later, he competed for Singapore at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the men's 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events. [1] [2] At the 1973 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, he won a silver medal in the 5000 metres event. [8]
Full name: Phang Cue 'P. C.' Suppiah.
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