Vasudevan Baskaran

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Vasudevan Baskaran
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Personal information
Born17 August 1950 (1950-08-17) (age 74)
Chennai, India
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1980 Moscow Team
Hockey World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1973 Amsterdam Team
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1974 Tehran Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1978 Bangkok Team

Vasudevan Baskaran (born 17 August 1950) is a former field hockey player and coach from Tamil Nadu, India. He captained the Indian national team, which won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, then part of the Soviet Union.

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Thereafter he coached and mentored several players for the Indian team. He was the head coach of the India hockey team at the 1998 and 2006 Hockey World Cup. [1] Now he lives with his family in Besant Nagar in Chennai, India.

Career

After the Olympic gold victory, Baskaran had coached India several times, the last time at the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach. Currently he is the Chief Coach of Bhopal Badshahs in World Series Hockey league.

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg GoldVasudevan Baskaran Field hockey Field hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics 29 July 1980
Vasudevan (shirt 8) at 1980 Summer Olympics, USSR vs. India RIAN archive 838409 USSR vs. India.jpg
Vasudevan (shirt 8) at 1980 Summer Olympics, USSR vs. India

Awards

He was awarded the Arjuna Award in (1979–1980) for his performance as a player in Olympic Games.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Indian Coaches in Men's Hockey World Cups". hockeypassion.in. Hockey Passion. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
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