List of Kerala Olympians

This is a list of Keralites^[1] who have represented India in the Olympic Games.

Name	Event	Year & Venue of Olympics
C. K. Lakshmanan	110 m Hurdles	1924-Paris
Thomas Varghese (Thiruvalla Pappan)	Football	1948-London
P. B. Mohammed Sali (ജയരാജന്‍ )(Kottayam Sali)	Football	1952-Helsinki
Ivan Jacob	400m	1952-Helsinki
S. S. Narayanan	Football	1956-Melbourne, 1960-Rome
T. Abdul Rahman	Football	1956-Melbourne
O. Chandrasekharan	Football	1960-Rome
M. Devadas	Football	1960-Rome
Suresh Babu	Long Jump	1972-Munich
Manuel Frederick	Hockey	1972-Munich
T. C. Yohannan	Long Jump	1976-Montreal
P. T. Usha	100m, 200m	1980-Moscow
P. T. Usha	400m Hurdles	1984-Los Angeles, 1988-Seoul
P. T. Usha	4x400m (Reserve)	1996-Atlanta
Shiny Wilson	800m	1984-Los Angeles, 1988-Seoul, 1992-Barcelona, 1996-Atlanta
Sebastian Xavier	Swimming	1996-Atlanta
M. D. Valsamma	4x400m	1984-Los Angeles
Mercy Mathew Kuttan	400m	1988-Seoul
U. Vimal Kumar	Badminton	1992-Barcelona
A.Radhika Suresh	Table Tennis	1996-Atlanta
Bobby Aloysius	High Jump	2004-Athens
K. M. Beenamol	4x400m	1996-Atlanta, 2004-Athens
K. M. Beenamol	400m	2000-Sydney
K. M. Binu	400m	2004-Athens
Anju Bobby George	Long Jump	2004-Athens, 2008-Beijing
Chitra K. Soman	4x400m	2004-Athens, 2008-Beijing
Preeja Sreedharan	10000m	2008-Beijing^[2]
Sini Jose	4x400m	2008-Beijing
Renjith Maheswary	Triple Jump	2008-Beijing
Renjith Maheswary	Triple Jump	2012-London
Tintu Luka	800 m	2012-London
Mayookha Johny	Triple jump	2012-London
Valiyaveetil Diju	Badminton	2012-London
Irfan Kolothum Thodi	20 km walk	2012-London
P. R. Sreejesh	Field hockey	2012-London

Manuel Frederiks is the only person from Kerala to win a medal in the olympics.

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