# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/krishnamurthy-perumal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:15:56.438Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/krishnamurthy-perumal"
name: "Krishnamurthy Perumal"
slug: "krishnamurthy-perumal"
description: "Krishnamurthy Perumal is a two-time Olympic medalist in field hockey and Arjuna Award winning sportsman for India. He hails from the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. En route to the Indian national hockey team, he played for teams such as the ICF, Tamil Nadu and Indian Airlines. He has served Indian and Tamil Nadu hockey with distinction in various roles – as a player, manager and coach. He served as the president of Tamil Nadu Hockey Association. For his dedication and excellence in his sport, he was honored with what was then, India's highest accolade for a sportsman – the Arjuna Award – in 1971."
tagline: "Indian field hockey player"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1943-09-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.82
  momentum:             7.872340425531916
  historical:           10.06969066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "كريشنامورثى پيرومال"
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    title: "Krishnamurty Perumal"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishnamurthy_Perumal"
    title: "Krishnamurthy Perumal"
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    title: "کریشنامورتی پرمال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Krishnamurty Perumal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "കൃഷ്ണമൂർത്തി പെരുമാൾ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Перумал, Кришнамурти"
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    title: "Krishnamurty Perumal"
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    title: "Крішнамурті Перумал"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump