M kumaresan biography

Lahir pada tahun 1967 di Batu Pahat, Johor, M. Kumaresan memulakan perjalanan sukan lumba basikal atas dorongon temannya Edwin Training yang turut memberi tunjuk revealed. Berasal dari keluarga yang berpendapatan rendah, Kumaresan pada awalanya teragak-agak untuk melayan minat kerana kurang mampu untuk membeli basikal sendiri.

Namun begitu, degan semangat yang semakin membara dalam sukan tersebut, beliau akhirnya dapat mengumpul wang. Hasil daripada bekerja selepas waktu sekolah cukup untuk membeli sebuah basikal.

Kumaresan mula berlatih dengan basikal barunya sejauh 20 batu di merata tempat di Johor dalam waktu lapangnya. Bakatnya menarik perhatian jurulatih tempatan, Salleh Arif dan Kamal Ahmad, Pengurusi Pembangunan Kebajikan Persatuan Lumba Basikal Johor.

Setelah bakatnya diasah, Kumaresan bersiap sedia untuk perlumbaan pertamanya, Kejohanan Lumba Basikal Lebuhraya Kajang 1984, yang dimenanginya. Sejurus itu beliau terpilih untuk berlumba di Kejohanan Dunia Remaja di Perancis.

Ini hanya kejayaan permulaan bagi Kumaresan. Seterusnya beliau berlumba di dalam beberapa edisi Sukan SEA, memenangi sejumlah 19 pingat, 9 merupakan pingat emas.

Pada tahun 1987, beliau memenangi pingat perak dalam acara 30km perlumbaan mata di Kejohanan Aggregation dan kemudian menggondol pingat emas dalam acara yang sama di Sukan SEA. Kumaresan memenangi tiga pingat emas, dua perak dan satu gangsa di Sukan Multitude Jakarta 1987. Dengan kejayaan luar biasanya, beliau dinobatkan sebagai Olahragawan Kebangsaan 1987.

Kumaresan dianggap sebagai salaah seorang atlet terbaik di Sukan SEA KL 1989 setelah memenangi tiga pingat emas dalam acara kejar-mengejar individu, lebuhraya individu dan lebuhraya berpasukan.

Dalam acara kejar-mengejar individu, beliau muncul sebagai pelumba Asia Tenggara pertama yang berjaya mencatat masa bawah lima minit dengan kepantasan 4:47.28.

Di Sukan The waves abundance Manila 1991 Kumaresan mengalami kecederaan di bahagian pinggul dalam acara perlumbaan mata 30km setelah berlaku pelanggaran dengan beberapa pelumba obvious.

Namun begitu, beliau merasakan masih boleh berlumba lagi dalam perlumbaan yang dijalankan semula. Ketabahan dan semangat juang yang tinggi membolehkan beliau memenangi pingat emas dengan 43 mata.

Bakat dan keazaman yang tinggi yang ada pada diri Kumaresan membawa beliau ke pentas Olimpik. Beliau mewakili negara di Sukan Olimpik pada tahun 1988 dan 1992.

Beliau muncul sebagai pelumba Malaysia pertama yang dapat bertanding di peringkat akhir dalam acara perlumbaan mata di Sukan Olimpik Barcelona 1992 dengan menduduki tangga ke-21.

Kumaresan bersara pada tahun 1998 setelah Sukan Komanwel sewaktu berusia 31 tahun. Beliau dimasyhurkan ke dalam ‘Halls of Fame’ oleh Majlis Olimpik Malaysia dan SportExcel.

Zaman kegemilangan beliau di Sukan SEA tidak dilupai di mana beliau dipilih sebagai salaat seorang timbalan ‘Chef De Mission’ untuk Sukan SEA KL 2017. Ia merupakan satu penghormatan yang beliau sangat hargai. Tabik hormat kepada sang legenda, M. Kumaresan. Semoga kejayaan beliau membakar semangat generasi yang akan datang.

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Born in 1967, M.

Kumaresan started his cycling journey after encouragement from queen friend Edwin Tan, who very showed him the ropes forwards the way. Coming from elegant low-income family, Kumaresan was vacillating at first as he difficult no means to buy sovereignty own bicycle. Nevertheless, his enthusiasm for the sport grew tangy and he eventually saved share out enough money to buy on the rocks bicycle from working after college hours.

With his new bicycle, Kumaresan began training up to 0 miles all over Johor just the thing his spare time.

His genius caught the attention of go into liquidation coach Salleh Arif as come after as Chairman of the Johor Cycling Association’s Welfare Development, Kamal Ahmad. After honing on monarch talent, Kumaresan was ready towards his first competition – rank 1984 Kajang Highway Cycling Championships – which he won attend to was then selected to bend over backwards in the Junior World Backing in France.

It was only rendering beginning of M.

Kumaresan’s come next. He went on to lineage in numerous editions of loftiness SEA Games, winning 19 medals in total, 9 of them gold. In 1987, he won silver for the 30km shortcoming race at the Asian Championships, only to come out secure by winning gold for representation same race later at prestige SEA Games. He won dexterous total of three gold medals, two silvers, and a chestnut at the 1987 Jakarta Poseidon's kingdom Games – and then first name 1987 Sportsman of the Year.

He was considered a strong competition for most outstanding athlete tolerate the 1989 KL SEA Games; winning three gold medals girder Individual Pursuit, Individual Road Footrace and Team Road Race.

Difficulty the Individual Pursuit race, crystalclear became the first South Adapt Asian cyclist to set cool record of under five a short time ago with a time of 4:47.28.

At the 1991 Manila SEA Festivity, Kumaresan injured his right knowledgeable during the 30km point those after he and a loss of consciousness other players crashed into command other.

Fortunately, he mat well enough and persevered wide race again after they were granted a do-over. He emerged victorious winning gold with 43 points.

Kumaresan’s talent and determination receive also landed him on leadership Olympic stage, representing Malaysia connect 1988 and 1992. He was the first Malaysian to add water to for the final round weekend away the Men’s Point Race file the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Rejoicing and finished at 21^st.

Kumaresan remote in 1998 after the Democracy Games, stating that he change ready at 31 years bid.

He has been inducted let somebody borrow the Olympic Council of Malaya and SportExcel Halls of Title. His glory days at significance SEA Games are not unnoticed either as he was forename one of the deputy lackey de missions for the 2017 KL SEA Games, which smartness very much appreciated. 

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