Vasudevan Baskaran

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.

Vasudevan Baskaran

Personal information
Born	17 August 1950 (1950-08-17) (age 75) Chennai, India
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing  India Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Team Hockey World Cup 1973 Amsterdam Team Asian Games 1974 Tehran Team 1978 Bangkok Team

In this Indian name, the name Vasudevan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Baskaran.

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.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Vasudevan Baskaran	Field hockey	Field hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics	29 July 1980

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

• List of Indian hockey captains in Olympics
• Field hockey in India