Umaglia Kancanangai Shyam Dhuleep, (born 1 July 1976) commonly known as U. K. Shyam, is a retired Singaporean track and field athlete and former national 100m record holder of Singapore.
He held the Singaporean national record over the 100m with a timing of 10.37s for 22 years.[1][2] He broke the 33-year-old record of 10.38s (set by C. Kunalan) at the World University Games in Beijing in 2001.[3] He equalled his own national record soon after at the 2001 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur.[3][4]
In 2000, he quit the national team after a dispute over his education funding but rejoined the team in 2001. He went on to win the Hong Kong Open with 10.45s and qualified for the 2001 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur. He clinched the silver medal in the 100m race with 10.37s, equalling the national record he created earlier in the year.
After retirement from sprinting, Shyam went on to teach philosophy at a junior college.[5] He subsequently became a teacher at Raffles Institution.
In 2018, Shyam released a book, written by former national sprinter Kenneth Khoo, Running On Empty: The Story Behind 0.01s, detailing his athletics career.[7] Shyam and Khoo donated their royalties from the book to the Chiam See Tong Sports Fund.[7]
Ranked 2nd in Southeast Asia for the 100m Men's Sprint event in 2001
Asian Games 2002 (Korea, Busan) 100m Men's sprint event Semi-finalist
23rd SEA Games (Manila, 2005) – 100m Men's sprint event Finalist
1st athlete to be placed on Singapore Sports Council's inaugural Athlete Career Training Programme (ACT Scheme) Programme was launched and conferred by then Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong.
Ranked 1st in Singapore for the 100m Men's Sprint event from 2001 to 2003
Singapore Sports Council Awards Meritorious Award winner (Senior) 2001
Individual Award Recipient for Sporting Singapore Inspiration Awards 2006.
Winner of the Public Sports Medal 2011
Holland Village Celebrity Silver Medal Winner 2011 "Poser Fun Award Category"
