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Charles Borromeo (athlete)

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for college, graduating from St. Xavier's College. Even while at college, his passion and ability for sports earned him the Best Sportsman Award. His record time at the Inter-University Meet in 1978 provided him a ticket to the international arena, to represent the Indian universities at the
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civilian award in India in 1984. After retirement, he continued to work in developing sports at the national level in India. He served as the National Sports Director of
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In 1984 Tata honored him as the Best Sportsman. Borromeo later represented India at a number of
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as Sports Assistant in 1979 and participated in a number of track and field meets.
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Borromeo was the captain of the Indian team at the Asian Track and Field meet in
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In 1982 he rose to the limelight. He topped the six-nation Athletic Meet in
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at a record time of 1:46:81 seconds in India. He represented India in the
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Sports portal, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sport, Government of India
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Charles Borromeo was born on 1 December 1958 in the town of
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Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
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Index

Devakottai
Tamil Nadu
India
Track and field
800 metres
Sprint
India
Asian Games
1982 New Delhi
Asian Championships
1985 Jakarta
track and field
Arjuna Award
1982 Asian Games
Delhi
1984 Summer Olympics
Los Angeles
Padma Shri
Special Olympics Bharat
Devakottai
Sivaganga district
Tamil Nadu
Ahmedabad
1979 Summer Universiade
Mexico City
Tata Steel
Mumbai
Kozhikode
Peshawar
Peking

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