Photograph of Singapore’s 4x440 yards athletes (L to R: Johnny Tay, P.Ganesan, Kenneth Pereira and Jayaram S/o Rengasamy) at Merdeka Games, Kuala Lumpur

Jayaram s/o Rengasamy was an amateur athlete who competed at the club level in Singapore and Malaya in the 1940s and 50s. He started his sporting career at the age of 14 as a boxer. In 1953, a friend and fellow athlete, MS Maniam, invited Mr Rengasamy to participate in the Tamil’s Festival or Tamilar Thirunnal. He then began training in athletics at Anglo-Chinese School Barker Road, the grounds of Victoria School off Jalan Besar and at Farrer Park. Mr Rengasamy also started participating in different races as a middle distance runner at the Tamil’s Festival (1954 – 57), Singapore Amateur Athletic Association meets (1955 – 57), as well as the Merdeka Games, Kuala Lumpur (1957). He was also a member of Swift Athletics Club.

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Photograph of Singapore’s 4x440 yards athletes (L to R: Johnny Tay, P.Ganesan, Kenneth Pereira and Jayaram S/o Rengasamy) at Merdeka Games, Kuala Lumpur

Singapore Delegation at Merdeka Games, Merdeka or Independence Stadium

Jayaram S/o Rengasamy passing the baton to P.Ganesan, the winning 4x440 yards athletes at the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association, Farrer Park

Gold Medal from the collection Jayaram S/o Rengasamy who was part of Singapore’s 4x440 yards athletes at Merdeka Games, Kuala Lumpur