C. S. A. Swami

C. S. A. Swami
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born(1913-12-31)31 December 1913
Ootacamund (Ooty), Madras Presidency, India
Died22 October 1997(1997-10-22) (aged 84)
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight54 kg (119 lb)[1]
Sport
SportLong-distance running
EventMarathon
ClubIndian National Olympic Team

Christopher Sebastian Arul Swami (31 December 1913 – 22 October 1997), better known as C. S. A. Swami, was an Indian journalist and athlete.[1] He competed in the marathon at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2] Aged 22 in 1936, he was the youngest participant for India at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games.[3]

At the time of the Olympics, Swami had a personal best of 2 hours and 47 seconds in the marathon.[4] During the journey to Berlin, Swami caught paratyphoid in Malta. In Berlin, he was stretchered to the Olympic Village and then stayed in a hospital for three weeks. [5] The 100-pound Swami was described as the "smallest athlete in the games" by Lawson Robertson, the head coach of the American athletics team.[6]

Despite being frail, Swami started the Olympic marathon. Halfway through the race, he became ill. He collapsed at the finish and was carried back to the hospital.[7] Swami had a time of 3:10:44.0 and he was 37th among the 42 runners who completed the course. A further 18 runners, including the defending champion Juan Carlos Zabala, did not complete the race.[8]

Besides being a runner over several distances, Swami was a shooter, football coach and referee. He had a journalistic career in the Free Press Journal,Times of India and Indian Express. He joined Indian Express in 1947 and retired as the Chief Sports Editor in 1984.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Arul Swami". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Arul Swami Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  3. ^ Youngest participant of India at 1936 Berlin Summer Games
  4. ^ India relies on 28 at the Olympics, Star-Phoenix, 24 July, 1936 (via newspapers.com)
  5. ^ Swami’s demise, loss to sport, Indian Express, 23 October, 1997
  6. ^ St Louis Post-Dispatch, Lawson Robertson, 25 July, 1936 (via newspapers.com)
  7. ^ a b Ezekiel, Gulu, Myths and Mysteries : Indian Sport Behind the Headlines, Rupa Publications, 2023
  8. ^ "Marathon, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 August 2020.


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