Chenanda C Machaiah – Boxer

Chenanda C Machaiah, a famous sportsperson is an accomplished boxing champion from Coorg. He was one of the boxer’s in the early days who has represented India at the International Stage.

He has won a total of 6 international medals which includes one Gold medal. He represented India in the year 1976 at Montreal and lost in the first round in the Light Welterweight category.

Awards

• He is the recipient of the Arjuna Award in 1978-79, the highest sports honour for a sportsman in India.
• He won the Abhimanyu Award.

International

• He represented India in the year 1976 at Montreal
• Asian Boxing championships held at Jakarta in 1977.
• The Indo-USSR tournament in USSR also in 1977
• The XIth Commonwealth Games at Edmonton in 1978.
• The 8^th Asian Games at Bangkok