Tuesday, 22 September 2015

A. Ramana Rao:



Arikapudi Ramana Roaborn 1july 1945 is a former Indian Volleyball player. He was born in Chamallamudi Village, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh He is a recipient of both the Arjuna Award for the yaer 1977-1978 and Dronacharya Award for the year 1990-1991. 

Ramana Rao stared playing Volleyball after joining college He graduated from Hindu College, Guntur in 1966 From the year 1966 to 1976 he participated in the National Volleyball Championships and Captained the Tamil Nadu state team consecutively for four years He playerd for the Tamil Nadu state team which won the National Volleyball championship title for the time at Tiruchirapalli in 1976.

He was the head coach for the Indian men's volleyball team at the Asian Volleyball Championship at Perth in 1991. He was also the first Indian Volleyball coach to qualify as FIVB Instrucot in the German Democratic Republic in 1986 and went on to conduct the international Coaches Courses in India and abroad He was nominated as a Member AVC Coaches Committee of the Asian Volleyball Confideration (AVC) from !993-1997. 

Ramana Rao is nominated as the Director of the Fivb Regional Development Centre, Chennai, India. Currently he is the President of Andhra Pradesh Volleyball   Association. He is the Chamirman, Coaching Committee, Volleyball Federation of India.

Naveen Raja Jacob(Volleyball Player):

Manidurai Naveen Raja Jacob born 10 january 1989 known as Naveen is an integral part of current India men's national Volleyball team 

Early life;

Manidurai naveen Raja jacob was born on january 10, 1989 at Sundankottai village Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu Having noticed by his brother with a talent for Volleyball, he stared playing from 2003. On 2007, he got national attention when his Vijayawarda team won national.
Championship Because of his national level recognition, he was rewarded with a job in India overseas bank in 2007. 

Professional Life;

Naveen jacob is integral part of India men's national Volleyball  team He Wears number 18 jersey and plays in the position of  Opposite/ setter manidurai Naveen Raja jacob has also captained Tamilnadu Volleyball Team. 

Nripjit Singh Bedi (Volleyball Player):

Nripjit Singh Bedi born 1 june 1940 is a volleyball player who was a member of the Indian national team and competed in the silver medal winning effort at the 4th Asian Games Bedi received the Aejuna Award from the Government of India in 1962 The Indian Athlete's Volleyball Career lasted for 23 years He served as a Commandant with the Border Security Force (BSF) of Pinjab before his 1995 retirement. 

Early life;

Bedi was born in Dhariwai in the Gurdaspur district of punjab India. He was the youngest of 6 siblings He stared playing at an early age of 9 when watch the older player and picked up on the name to be conterded for and the opponents would get Scared by the mere mention of his name.

Highlights;

Bedi competed at the 4th Asian Games in jakarta (1962) when the Indian national volleyball squad was a silver medalist and at the Asian Games in Bangkok (1966). The following year,The India team won a bronze medal in Delhi (1963) prior to the Tokya Olympics held in the latter half of 1964 

Bedi received the Arjuna Award in 1962 and was the first award from Punjab state He was also the first ever member of the Punjab Police and BSF to be a recipient for Achievments in volleyball Over a decade later Bedi was declared "Sportsman of the year" by the Punjab government in 1974. 

More recently Bediwas the recipient of the president's Police medal for meritorious Service in 1992 and with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Pinjab Police, the latter given by the Chief minister of Punjab in 2007.  

Balwant Singh Sagwal (Volleyball Player):

Balwant singh sagwal born 14 November 2010, popularly known as Ballu, was an India Volleyball player considered a star of the India men's national volleyball team His Son Narender is a professional Volleyball player Narender play for Indian volleyball Team Kaul village also organised Balwant Singh Village  also by his Narender in his born place his village Kaul Kaithal Particpate all India top 8 Teams

Biograply;

Balwant Singh sagwal was born in the village of kaul in the Kaithal district of Haryana.

Sporting Career;

Sagwal was a tall ungainly youth His height was 6 feet 6 inches (1.98m) with correspondinglybig hands and feet He was from a modest background and joined the  Border Security Force (BSF) in jalanghar punjab which had a reputation for producing quality volleyball players at the time. 

in the mid-1960s and into the 1970s he was responsible for helping Punjab achieve national Success and he was awarded the country's top sporting honor the Arjuna Award in volleyball in 1972 for his excellent sportsmanship and contribution to the national team Sagwal played for India in Asian Games of 1970, 1974 and 1978. He also played test matches for Indian in 1970, 1978 and 1980. 

The first National Volleyball Championship in Which sagwal took part was that of 1965 and he continued to play in the National still 1988. Between 1968 and 1981, Punjab Won National Championships 10 times largely due to the performance of Sagwal . Sagwal participated in the All India Police Games from 1966 to 1990 representing Punjab Police and BSF.

Shermi Ulahannan (Indian kabaddi player):

Shermi Ulahannan is representative for India
 in the sport of Kabaddi she was a member of the
 team that won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian games
 in Guangzhou.

She is from the Konnakkad locality of Malom village in Kasaragod district, kerala. 

Shirash Pal Singh (Indian Kabaddi Player):

Squadron Leader Shirash Pal Singh was the coach of the Indian National Kabaddi team HE was born in the village of Bandpur throughout high school colege and At national level.

Career;

He joined the indian Air Force Where he excelled as an officer cadet, receiving the president's plaque for achievement whilst at the Air Force Academy. He obtained a diploma in coaching kabaddi & kho kho from the National Institute of Sports and became the coach of the Services national team, later moving on to become coach of the Indian national kabaddi team.

Under his coching the Indian national team won a gold medal in the 1995 SAF Games and another in the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok in 1998. 

He was presented with an award for this Success by the prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the Vigyan Bhavan. He retied from coching the Indian Kabaddi team just before the 1999 SAF games in Kathmandu 

Shirash Pal Singh sought to bring kabaddi up to the same level of professionalism as other international sports, Compaigning for use of artificial surfaces and modern equipment. 

Balwinder Singh (Indian Kabaddi Player):

Balwinder singh also known as fidda of fiddu, is an Indian professional Kabaddi player who received Arjuna Award in 1999 for his performances.He was born in Labana Family, on 23rd mar, 1956 to Charan Kaur and Saradar Banta Singh in village Tanda, District Kapurthala In 1989, He was the captain India Kabaddi team in south Asian federation Games in Islamabad in 1989 where their team secure first position He was declared the best player of Kabaddi in 1999 and honoured with Arjuna Award on 29 Augest 2000.

 He is titled with Crownless King of Kabaddi Rustm-e-kabaddi, Bakan khiladi and kabaddi Da ladla puttar (son of Kabaddi