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| Nationality | Malaysian | |||||||||||||
| Born | 28 July 1940 | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | |||||||||||||
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Rajaratnam Yogeswaran (born 28 July 1940) is a Malaysian former field hockey player. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. [1]
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The following is the list of squads that took place in the men's field hockey tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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