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'''Balkrishna Akotkar'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Akotkar BALAKRISHNA|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/akotkar-balakrishna|access-date=9 June 2021|website=Olympics.com}}</ref> (born 1 July 1937) is an Indian [[long-distance track event|long-distance runner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/71371 |title=Balkrishan Akotkar |work=Olympedia |access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref> He competed in the [[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|marathon]] at the [[1964 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/balkrishan-akotkar-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033704/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/balkrishan-akotkar-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Balkrishan Akotkar Olympic Results |access-date=6 May 2017}}</ref><br />
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He stood 33rd in the marathon event at the 1964 Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=Joe|date=21 June 2012|title=Olympics memories: It was the first time I flew in a plane, says Balkrishna Akotkar|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-olympics-memories-it-was-the-first-time-i-flew-in-a-plane-says-balkrishna-akotkar-1704679|access-date=9 June 2021|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref> Post his retirement from sports, he has been monumental in development of future athletes. He has headed a committee for the selection of male and female athletes to represent Maharashtra state in the National Cross Country Championship<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|date=15 January 2008|title=Federation Cup National Cross Country meet in Nagpur from Feb 2|url=https://www.mykhel.com/more-sports/federation-cup-national-cross-country-meet-in-nagpur-from-feb-2-053327.html?story=2|access-date=9 June 2021|website=www.mykhel.com|language=en}}</ref><br />
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