Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor with former national athletes (from right) Genda Singh, Moe Chin Kiat, Dattaya Muthiah, Safarrudin Mohd Zain, Mary Soo and Datuk M. Rajamani at the 1Malaysia Athletes Festive Celebration in Bukit Jalil yesterday. — Picture by Rosdan WahidFORMER national hammer thrower Genda Singh passed away at the Universiti Medical Center on Sunday night after a short illness. He was 89 years old.
He started competing for Malaya in 1960 and continued to be an active member of the national athletics team until he retired in 1977.
He was 55 years old then and he went on to win a bronze medal while nursing an injury during the SEAP Games held in Kuala Lumpur that year.
Genda is among those rare athletes of an era where sporting glory was the ultimate quest for the national stars.
