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	'''Thadathuvila Chandapillai Yohannan''' (born 19 May 1947), better known as '''T. C. Yohannan''', is a former [[India]]n [[long jumper]] who held the national record in [[long jump]] for nearly 3 decades and represented India in the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal, Quebec]], [[Canada]]. He hails from the state of [[Kerala]]. Yohannan will be known for the new dimension he gave to long jump in India in 1974, the occasion was the [[1974 Asian Games\|Tehran Asian Games]] of 1974. Yohannan cleared a distance of 8.07 metres at the Teheran Asian Games for a new Asian record.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss2905/stories/20060204015403700.htm\|title=Leap year, 1974\|date=2006-02-04\|publisher=[[The Sportstar]]\|accessdate=2009-08-08\|url-status=~~dead~~\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017211223/http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss2905/stories/20060204015403700.htm\|archivedate=2007-10-17}}</ref>		'''Thadathuvila Chandapillai Yohannan''' (born 19 May 1947), better known as '''T. C. Yohannan''', is a former [[India]]n [[long jumper]] who held the national record in [[long jump]] for nearly 3 decades and represented India in the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal, Quebec]], [[Canada]]. He hails from the state of [[Kerala]]. Yohannan will be known for the new dimension he gave to long jump in India in 1974, the occasion was the [[1974 Asian Games\|Tehran Asian Games]] of 1974. Yohannan cleared a distance of 8.07 metres at the Teheran Asian Games for a new Asian record.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss2905/stories/20060204015403700.htm\|title=Leap year, 1974\|date=2006-02-04\|publisher=[[The Sportstar]]\|accessdate=2009-08-08\|url-status=usurped\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017211223/http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss2905/stories/20060204015403700.htm\|archivedate=2007-10-17}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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'''Thadathuvila Chandapillai Yohannan''' (born 19 May 1947), better known as '''T. C. Yohannan''', is a former [[India]]n [[long jumper]] who held the national record in [[long jump]] for nearly 3 decades and represented India in the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal, Quebec]], [[Canada]]. He hails from the state of [[Kerala]]. Yohannan will be known for the new dimension he gave to long jump in India in 1974, the occasion was the [[1974 Asian Games|Tehran Asian Games]] of 1974. Yohannan cleared a distance of 8.07 metres at the Teheran Asian Games for a new Asian record.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss2905/stories/20060204015403700.htm|title=Leap year, 1974|date=2006-02-04|publisher=[[The Sportstar]]|accessdate=2009-08-08|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017211223/http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss2905/stories/20060204015403700.htm|archivedate=2007-10-17}}</ref>

==Early life==
Born at Maranadu village in [[Kollam district]] of [[Kerala]] on 19 May 1947, Yohannan had his early feel of athletics in the Inter-School Meets for [[Ezhukone]] Panchayat in 1964. He joined the public sector [[Bhilai Steel Plant]], wherein he represented his Plant in the Steel Plants Sports Meet in 1969 and in the same year, had his first experience of athletics at the national level. He finished fourth in the long Jump and fifth in the triple jump. He progressed to the second spot in the long jump event of the Nationals in 1970 and then matured to set a national mark of 7.60 metres in [[Patiala]] in 1971.

==Career==
Selected to represent India in an international in Singapore, he won Gold Medals in both the long and triple jump. In 1972 he added the national triple jump title to his bag. His 7.78 metre jump created a new national record in 1973. He won the gold in [[1974 Asian Games|Teheran Asian Games]] with an Asian record of 8.07. He was invited to Japan the next year and won gold medals in competition's at Tokyo, Hiroshima, Kobe and then repeated his success in championships in the Philippines and Sibu City. His last fling at international competition was at the [[1976 Summer Olympics|Montreal Olympics]] in 1976. He hung up his shoes after that.

A diploma holder in [[Mechanical Engineering]], Yohannan presently works as Assistant Public Relations Officer with the automobile giant [[Tata Motors|TELCO]].

==Awards and honours==
Besides the national honour conferred on him in the form of [[Arjuna Award]] in 1974, he has received numerous other awards which include a merit award from the [[Government of Kerala]] and the TelcoVeer award by his employers. He has also been honoured by the Bombay and Chennai Sports Journalists Association, [[Lions Clubs International|Lions Club]], Sportsweek and the Tata Sports Club of Bombay.

He is the father of former Indian [[cricketer]] [[Tinu Yohannan]]
His elder son Tisvy Yohannan is settled in Melbourne (Australia).

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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