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| name = K. K. Premachandran<br />
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| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| sport = [[Track and field]]<br />
| event = [[Sprint (running)|Sprints]]<br />
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| birth_place = Palghat <br />
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| death_date = {{death date|2001|04|16|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
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| medaltemplates= {{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}<br />
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'''K. K. Premachandran''' was an Indian [[track and field]] athlete who specialized in the [[400 meters]] event. He won a silver medal in the 400 meters event in the [[1982 Asian Games]] and was hailed as the successor to [[Milkha Singh]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Premachandran passes away |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2001/04/17/stories/0717096n.htm |date= 17 April 2001 |newspaper= [[The Hindu]] |accessdate= 7 August 2018 }}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Premachandran won the silver medal in the 400 metres event at the [[1982 Asian games]] in [[New Delhi]], having clocked 47.27 seconds in the final.<ref>{{cite web |title= Asian Games medallists |url= http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asg.htm |website= gbrathletics.com |accessdate= 28 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
Premachandran died on 16 April 2001, aged 46, following a massive heart attack in [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Signposts |url= http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/m.s.-ahluwalia-appointed-first-independent-evaluator-of-international-monetary-fund/1/232331.html |magazine= India Today |date= 30 April 2001 |accessdate= 28 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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