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A. B. Subbaiah
Indian field hockey player and coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anjaparavanda Bopaiah Subbaiah (born 8 August 1970) is a former Indian field hockey goalkeeper and coach.[1][2][3][4][5] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[6]
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Early life
He was born in Madikeri (Kodagu district, Karnataka)[5] into the Kodava community.[7][8] He played hockey for his school, St. Michael's Madikeri, as a fourteen year old.[8] He was a product of Sports Authority of India (SAI) hostel, Bangalore.[8]
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.[9] Between 1988 and 1998, he took part in 285 international matches.[8][5][10][11][12][13] He represented and captained the Indian hockey team between the years 1987 and 2007.[8]
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.[14] A B Subbaiah is also part of the 13-member Hockey India committee.[15][16] He is the Hockey Karnataka secretary since 2018.[17]
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