Sushil Kohli
 Kohli (centre) presented with Dhyan Chand Award in 2011 | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 19 April 1953 Jalandhar, Punjab, India | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Sushil Kohli {born 19 April 1953) is an Indian swimmer and water polo player. His father was the late Sh Mulkh Raj Kohli, who along with his brother late Sh Deshraj Kohli started the company Beat All Sports commonly known as BAS. He received a bronze medal at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi.[1]
Career
[edit]In 1980, when the first Asian Swimming Championships was held at Dhaka, he was the captain of the Indian team and won two silver medals. After his retirement from professional swimming, he started coaching youngsters in swimming and water polo, and later became general secretary of District Swimming Association of Jalandhar.
Awards and recognition
[edit]He was awarded Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award for Swimming, given by Government of Punjab in 1978[2] and the Dhyan Chand Award, the highest award in Indian sports for lifetime achievement, given by Government of India in 2011.[3][4]
Personal life
[edit]He owns a sports manufacturing unit in Jalandhar,[5] and his son Taruwar Kohli is a cricketer with Indian Premier League (IPL). He is the vice-president of Punjab Swimming Association, Member of the Selection Committee of Punjab Swimming Association Waterpolo Swimming, Honorary General Secretary District Swimming Association Jalandhar, Joint Secretary Shri Guru Gobind Singh Football Society REgd., Joint Secretary Ramesh Chander Memorial Hockey Society Regd.
References
[edit]- ^ "Medal Winners (Asian Games)". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ Official list of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Awardees Archived 15 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Government of Punjab (India).
- ^ "National sports awards announced". The Hindu. 19 August 2011.
- ^ Gagan Narang confirmed for Khel Ratna award NDTV, Press Trust of India on 2011-08-18.
- ^ "Making waves: Sports triumphs as two city coaches win national honours". The Tribune. 2 September 2011.
- Indian male swimmers
- Living people
- 1953 births
- Sportspeople from Jalandhar
- Indian male water polo players
- Indian sports coaches
- Asian Games medalists in water polo
- Water polo players at the 1982 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for India
- Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games
- Recipients of the Dhyan Chand Award
- Swimming coaches
- Swimmers from Punjab, India
- 20th-century Indian people
- 21st-century Indian people