A. B. Subbaiah

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A. B. Subbaiah
Personal information
Full name Anjaparavanda Bopaiah Subbaiah
Born Madikeri, Kodagu district
Karnataka, India
Senior career
YearsTeam
1987–2007 Air India
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
1988–1998 India 100+
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1990 Beijing Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Hiroshima Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Bangkok Team

Anjaparavanda Bopaiah Subbaiah is a former Indian hockey goalkeeper and coach. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Early life

He was born in Madikeri (Kodagu district, Karnataka) [5] into the Kodava community. [6] [7] He played hockey for his school, St. Michael's Madikeri, as a fourteen year old. [7] He was a product of Sports Authority of India (SAI) hostel, Bangalore. [7]

Career

Subbaiah has participated in the Commonwealth games. [4] He was part of the 1998 gold-winning Asian Games Indian team. He is a recipient of the Arjuna Award. [8] Between 1988 and 1998, he took part in 285 international matches. [7] [5] [9] [10] [11] [12] He represented and captained the Indian hockey team between the years 1987 and 2007. [7]

Awards

Subbaiah was conferred with an honorary doctorate from the Mangalore University by Hans Raj Bhardwaj, Governor of Karnataka. [5]

Retirement

He is a commentator, coach, manager, administrator, umpire and selector as well. [5] He was part of the Hockey India disciplinary panel as well. [13] A B Subbaiah is also part of the 13-member Hockey India committee. [14] [15] He is the Hockey Karnataka secretary since 2018. [16]

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