# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shankar-lakshman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:52:24.704Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shankar-lakshman"
name: "Shankar Lakshman"
slug: "shankar-lakshman"
description: "Honorary Captain Shankar Lakshman was an Indian hockey player who played as a goalkeeper. He was part of the Indian team in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics, that won two gold medals and one silver medal. He was the first goalkeeper to become captain of an international hockey team and was awarded the Arjuna award and the Padma Shri by the Indian government. He was captain of the Indian team which won the gold in the 1966 Asian Games. After missing the selection for the 1968 Olympics, Lakshman quit hockey. He remained with the Army, retiring in 1979 as a captain of the Maratha Light Infantry. He died in 2006 after suffering gangrene in one leg in Mhow."
tagline: "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: "1933-07-07"
deathDate: "2006-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.52
  momentum:             7.78688524590164
  historical:           11.815624
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%88%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Шанкар Лакшман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "شانكار لاكشمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankar_Laxman"
    title: "Shankar Laxman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankar_Lakshman"
    title: "Shankar Lakshman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "شانکار لاکشمن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankar_Laxman"
    title: "Shankar Laxman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankar_Laxman"
    title: "Shankar Laxman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BC_%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%BA"
    title: "ശങ്കർ ലക്ഷ്മൺ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankar_Lakshman"
    title: "Shankar Lakshman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankar_Laxman"
    title: "Shankar Laxman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0_%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A3"
    title: "ਸ਼ੰਕਰ ਲਕਸ਼ਮਣ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankar_Lakshman"
    title: "Shankar Lakshman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%88%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Лакшман, Шанкар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankar_Lakshman"
    title: "Shankar Lakshman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1494953"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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