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|name = Akash S. Madhavan<br />
|image = Akash S Madhavan.jpg<br />
|fullname = <br />
|birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|32|2022|07|8}}<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/><br />
|birth_place = [[Melattur, Kerala|Melattur]], [[Malappuram district]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
|death_date =<br />
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| module = {{Infobox sportsperson<br />
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|country = [[India]]<br />
|sport = Multiple<br />
|event = [[World Dwarf Games]]<br />
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{{MedalCompetition|[[World Dwarf Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|2013 [[East Lansing]], {{US}}|Shot put}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|2013 [[East Lansing]], {{US}}|Dicus throw}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|2017 [[Guelph]], {{CAN}}|Javelin throw}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition| National Para-Badminton Championship}}<br />
{{MedalGold|2013|Badminton doubles}}<br />
|height = 130 cm<br />
|hometown = [[Melattur, Kerala|Melattur]] in [[Malappuram district]]<br />
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'''Akash S. Madhavan''' is an Indian athlete from [[Kerala]]. Representing India, he has won a silver medal in shot put, a bronze in discus throw, and a bronze in javelin throw at the [[World Dwarf Games]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Akash was born to Sethumadhavan and Geetha at [[Melattur, Kerala|Melattur]] in [[Malappuram district]] of Kerala.<ref name="Mathrubhumi2">{{cite news |title=Olympian Akash S Madhavan weds Indonesian Dewi Siti Sendari |url=https://englisharchives.mathrubhumi.com/news/offbeat/lsg-polls-2020-shortest-candidates-of-lsg-polls-b34dfea7 |work=[[Mathrubhumi]] |date=23 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref> He is suffering from achondroplasia, a genitic disorder that causes dwarfism.<ref name="Times">{{cite news |title=Akash S Madhavan: Touching the sky with laurels |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/akash-s-madhavan-touching-the-sky-with-laurels/articleshow/60159169.cms |work=The Times of India |date=22 August 2017}}</ref> His height is only 130&nbsp;cm.<ref name="Mathrubhumi2"/> His primary education was at Valluvanad Vidya Bhavan HSS in Perinthalmanna. It was U. K. Haridas, the physical education teacher there who encouraged him to take up athletics.<ref name="Mathrubhumi2"/> He passed Class 10 and 12 with a first class.<ref name="Times"/> After completing degree in automobile engineering from Tamil Nadu College of Engineering, Coimbatore, he got a job as a service center advisor in an automobile company, but was rejected due to his short height.<ref>{{Cite web |title=സബാഷ് ആകാശ് |url=https://www.manoramanews.com/news/spotlight/2017/08/28/malappuram-akash-s-madhavan.html |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=ManoramaOnline |publisher=[[Malayala Manorama]] |language=ml}}</ref><br />
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Along with his father, Akash runs a business of Ayurvedic and beauty products in Perinthalmanna.<ref>{{cite news |title=ഒളിമ്പ്യൻ ആകാശ് എസ്. മാധവന് ഇന്ന് മാംഗല്യം; വധു ഇന്തോനേഷ്യക്കാരി {{!}} Olympian Akash S. Madhavan wedding; The bride is Indonesian {{!}} Madhyamam |url=https://www.madhyamam.com/sports/other-games/olympian-akash-s-madhavan-wedding-the-bride-is-indonesian-1040239 |work=www.madhyamam.com |date=8 July 2022 |language=ml}}</ref><br />
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Akash contested from ward 15 of Melattur grama panchayat as a [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] candidate in the [[2020 Kerala local elections]].<ref name="Deccan">{{cite news |title=Kerala's shortest candidate in LSG polls, Akash Madhavan is an Olympic medallist |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/keralas-shortest-candidate-in-lsg-polls-akash-madhavan-is-an-olympic-medallist-919338.html |work=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref> Currently, he is also the BJP's Malappuram district sports cell convener.<ref name="Mathrubhumi">{{cite news |title=ഒളിമ്പ്യന് ഇന്ന് മാംഗല്യം, വധു ഇൻഡൊനീഷ്യക്കാരി |url=https://newspaper.mathrubhumi.com/news/sports/sports-1.7671980 |newspaper=[[Mathrubhumi]] |date=7 July 2022 |language=ml}}</ref><br />
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===Personal life===<br />
Akash is married to Devi Siti Sendari, a native of [[Surabaya]], Indonesia.<ref name="Samayam">{{cite news |title=ഏറെ നാളത്തെ പ്രണയം, ആകാശിൻ്റെ വധുവായി ഇന്തോനേഷ്യക്കാരി; വിവാഹത്തിലേക്കെത്തിയത് സുഹൃത്തിലൂടെ |url=https://malayalam.samayam.com/local-news/malappuram/olympian-akash-s-madhavan-weds-indonesian-native-dewi-siti-sendari/articleshow/92806303.cms |work=Samayam Malayalam |agency=[[The Times of India]] |language=ml}}</ref> Their wedding took place at the [[Thirumandhamkunnu Temple|Thirumandhamkunnu Bhagavathy Temple]] in [[Angadipuram]].<ref name="Samayam"/><br />
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==Career==<br />
In the World Dwarf Games in 2013, Akash won silver in shotput and bronze in discus throw and in the 2017 games, he won bronze in the javelin throw.<ref name="Times"/> He also won gold in badminton doubles in the National Para-Badminton Championship.<ref name="Deccan"/><br />
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[[Category:Athletes from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Indian men javelin throwers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian men shot putters]]<br />
[[Category:Indian men discus throwers]]<br />
[[Category:Competitors in the sport of athletics with dwarfism]]<br />
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