question: With karate first being held at the Asian Games in 1994, who won medals?
answer: Puvaneswaran Ramasamy
context: Title: 1974 Asian Games medal table
  Passage: The 1974 Asian Games (officially known as the Seventh Asian Games) was a multi-sport event held in Tehran, Iran from September 1, 1974, to September 16, 1974.  This was the first time that Asian Games were celebrated in any Middle East country.  A total of 3,010 athletes selected from 25 Asian National Olympic Committees participated in 16 sports divided into 202 events.  The number of participating countries was the greatest in Asian Games history, eighteen nations competed in Bangkok, host of the 1970 Asian Games.  Fencing, gymnastics (artistic) and women's basketball were included for the first time; while sailing—which made its debut in the previous Asian Games—was not included, however since 1978, sailing is a part of the Asian Games sports.
  Title: Asian Karate Championships
  Passage: The Asian Karatedo Championships are the highest level of competition for sport karate in Asia.  The competition is held in a different country every two years organized by the Asian Karatedo Federation (AKF) under the supervision of World Karate Federation (WKF), the largest international governing body of sport karate with over 180 member countries.  It is the only karate organization recognised by the International Olympic Committee and has more than fifty million members.  The AKF organizes the Junior and Senior Asian Karatedo Championships in every two years in between the Olympic and Asian Games and participates in WKF World Karate Championships which its member Japan play as a powerhouse country when it comes to sport karate vying for world titles with counterpart opponents from the powerful nations such as France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Spain and Italy in many world championships.
  Title: Puvaneswaran Ramasamy
  Passage: Puvaneswaran Ramasamy (born December 8, 1974) is a Malaysian karateka who is best known for being the only person to win medals in Karate at the Asian Games at five consecutive tournaments.
  Title: 2003 Southeast Asian Games
  Passage: The 2003 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 22nd Southeast Asian Games (Vietnamese: "Đại hội Thể thao Đông Nam Á 2003" ) was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Hanoi, Vietnam.  This was the first time in history Vietnam hosted the Southeast Asian Games, the first time Southeast Asian games venues were assigned into two cities namely Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and the first time Timor-Leste participated at the Southeast Asian Games.
  Title: Chinese Taipei at the 1994 Asian Games
  Passage: Chinese Taipei competed at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, Japan.  This was their 6th appearance in the Asian Games.  They won at total of 7 gold, 13 silver, and 24 bronze medals, or 44 medals in total.  They improved from the previous Asian Games in 1990, where they won a total of 31 medals.  They won the most medals in Judo, where they got a total of 1 silver and 5 bronze.
  Title: Chinese Taipei at the 2006 Asian Games
  Passage: Chinese Taipei () competed in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar in November and December 2006.  The Chinese Taipei team sent 399 athletes to the games, making Chinese Taipei the fourth largest delegation after China, Japan, and South Korea.  Despite Taiwan's small size, Chinese Taipei is a second-rank Asian sports power, finishing tenth in gold medals and seventh in overall medals at the 2006 Asian Games, a slight drop from its performance in the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.
  Title: 1994 Asian Games medal table
  Passage: The 1994 Asian Games (also known as the XII Asiad), was a multi-sport event held in Hiroshima, Japan from 2 to 16 October 1994.  They were the first Asian Games to be held in a non-capital city.  The main theme of this edition was to promote peace and harmony among Asian nations.  It was emphasized by the host because the venue was the site of the first atomic bomb attack in 1945.  A total of 6,828 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these games, competing in 34 sports.  Baseball, Karate, Modern Pentathlon and Soft tennis were included for the first time.  This medal table ranks the participating NOCs by the number of gold medals won by their athletes.
  Title: Gymnastics at the 1974 Asian Games
  Passage: Gymnastics was contested at the 1974 Asian Games, held in Tehran, Iran from September 1, 1974, to September 16, 1974.  It was the first time that gymnastics was included as the medal sport in the Asian Games, and only artistic events were contested.  In the Games, only four participating National Olympic Committees (NOCs) succeeded in winning any medal.  China lead the medal table, with overall 18 medals (including eight gold), Japan finished second with four gold, and total nine medals.  South Korea, although won only four total medals but its two gold helped it to clinch third position in final standings, while North Korea with one gold and 11 overall medals finished last.
  Title: Karate at the Asian Games
  Passage: Karate is an Asian Games event first held at the 1994 in Hiroshima, Japan.
  Title: Uzbekistan at the 1994 Asian Games
  Passage: Uzbekistan competed in the 1994 Asian Games.  It was their first ever post-Soviet appearance in the Asian Games as Uzbekistan.  They won a total of 11 golds, 12 silvers, and 19 bronze, including the gold medal that they won in men's association football.  They ranked 5th out of the 42 countries that participated in the Asian Games.  They won gold medals in Athletics, Boxing, Canoeing, Football, and Shooting.  They won the most medals in canoeing, where they won 4 gold, 7 silver, 2 bronze.
citations: Karate at the Asian Games Puvaneswaran Ramasamy