Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Male |
| Full name | Nagalingam•Ethirveerasingam |
| Used name | Nagalingam•Ethirveerasingam |
| Original name | நாகலிங்கம்•எதிர்வீரசிங்கம் |
| Born | 24 August 1934 in Periyavilan, Jaffna, Uturu (SRI) |
| Died | 18 April 2024 (aged 89 years 7 months 25 days) in Los Angeles, California (USA) |
| Measurements | 189 cm / 73 kg |
| NOC |  Sri Lanka |
Biography
Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam finished eleventh in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games high jump. He competed in college at UCLA in the United States. Ethirveerasingam finished =7th at the 1960 NCAA Meet in the high jump. He also played cricket in Sri Lanka, then known as Ceylon.
Personal Best: HJ – 2.03 (1958).
Results
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 Summer Olympics | Athletics | SRI |
Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam | |||
| High Jump, Men (Olympic) | 29 r1/2 | |||||
| 1956 Summer Olympics | Athletics | SRI |
Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam | |||
| High Jump, Men (Olympic) | =21 |
List mentions
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Asian Games (1–1–0 1958 Tokyo ATH gold: high jump; 1962 Jakarta ATH silver: high jump)