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-Part of the eight-member Indian contingent that represented the country at the 1924 Olympics, Lakshmanan was the first [[Malayali]] to participate in an Olympic event. In the same year, he won gold in the 120-yard hurdles at the first National Athletic Meet in Delhi in 1924.<ref>{{cite web|title=Olympians from Kerala|url=http://kerala2015.com/gallery/kerala-sport-heros/olympians|publisher=kerala2015.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827042247/http://kerala2015.com/gallery/kerala-sport-heros/olympians|archive-date=27 August 2014|access-date=29 January 2015}}</ref> He also played [[cricket]] at the [[First-class cricket|first-class]] level between 1925–26 and 1930–31.<ref>{{cite web|title=CK Lakshmanan profile|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/30825.html|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=11 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/lists/102/manual |title=Olympians Who Played First-Class Cricket |work=Olympedia |access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref>
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-Lakshmanan later served in the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]] as a [[major general]] and subsequently as the director-general of the [[Indian Red Cross Society]]. He died on 3 October 1970 in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Obituary - C. K. Lakshmanan|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19701004&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=11 February 2018|agency=Press Trust of India|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=4 October 1970|page=5}}</ref>
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'''Cheruvari Kottieth "C. K." Lakshmanan''' (5 April 1898 – 3 October 1970) was an Indian sportsman and activist. He represented [[British India]] in the [[1924 Summer Olympics]] held in Paris.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/cheruvari-lakshmanan-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050743/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/cheruvari-lakshmanan-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Cheruvari Lakshmanan |accessdate=18 July 2017}}</ref> He participated in the [[hurdles]] event but did not win a medal.

Part of the eight-member Indian contingent that represented the country at the 1924 Olympics, Lakshmanan was the first [[Malayali]] to participate in an Olympic event. In the same year, he won gold in the 120-yard hurdles at the first National Athletic Meet in Delhi in 1924.<ref>{{cite web|title=Olympians from Kerala|url=http://kerala2015.com/gallery/kerala-sport-heros/olympians|publisher=kerala2015.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827042247/http://kerala2015.com/gallery/kerala-sport-heros/olympians|archive-date=27 August 2014|access-date=29 January 2015}}</ref> He also played [[cricket]] at the [[First-class cricket|first-class]] level between 1925–26 and 1930–31.<ref>{{cite web|title=CK Lakshmanan profile|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/30825.html|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=11 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/lists/102/manual |title=Olympians Who Played First-Class Cricket |work=Olympedia |access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref>

Lakshmanan later served in the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]] as a [[major general]] and subsequently as the director-general of the [[Indian Red Cross Society]]. He died on 3 October 1970 in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Obituary - C. K. Lakshmanan|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19701004&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=11 February 2018|agency=Press Trust of India|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=4 October 1970|page=5}}</ref>

== See also ==
[[List of Kerala Olympians]]

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