CHOUDHURY KALU CHARAN

Date of Birth : 1963-01-01
Gender : Male
Father : (Late Ananta Choudhury
Mother : Late Sita Choudhury
Address : Barrack Street, Chhatrapur, Ganjam, Odisha, India
Present Address : Sports Colony, Near Kalinga Stadium, Jayadev Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Education : Studied at Government Degree College, Chhatrapur, 1979-81.
Occupation : Working as a hockey coach in the Sports Department, Government of Odisha since June 1987.
Home Club :
Coaching From : Olympian Michael Kindo
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Description :

GALLERY

NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL


* He was the coach of the Odisha boys team that won Gold medal at the Rural National Games in Haryana, 1988. Dilip Tirkey was part of that Odisha team.

* Won around 20 National medals as the coach of Odisha State hockey teams.
21-Jan-2020
* He was coach of the Odisha U-21 men hockey team that won bronze medal at the 3rd Khelo India Youth Games in Guwahati on 21 January, 2020.
07-Jan-2019
* He was the coach of the Odisha U-21 boys team that won the gold medal in the 2nd Khelo India Youth Games, held at Pune and Mumbai from Jan 7-20, 2019.

* He was the coach of the Orissa Steelers team, which won the Premier Hockey League title at Chandigarh in 2006.

* Served as the coach of the India Under-18 team in 2006.

* Served as the coach of the India senior team at the National Camp, prior to Doha Asian Games, 2006.
09-Sep-2023
* He was Coach of the Sports Hostel Rourkela team that won the Silver medal in the 2nd HAO State Senior Men Hockey Championship at Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar on 9 September 2023.
20-Apr-2016
* He was coach of the Hockey Odisha team that secured Bronze medal in the 6th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship (Division-A), held at Saifai in Uttar Pradesh from April 20 to May 1, 2016.
17-May-2015
* He was the coach of the Hockey Odisha team that won gold medal for the fifth time in a row in the Hockey India Sub-Junior Men National Championship (Division A), held at Dhyan Chand National Stadium in Delhi from May 17 to 24, 2015.
01-Apr-2015
* He was the coach of the Hockey Odisha team that won gold medal in the 5th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship, held at Mysore from April 1 to 22, 2015.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA

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* Represented Odisha in Senior National Hockey Championship, held in Chennai, 1976.
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On 29 August 2021, he was conferred with the Biju Patnaik Award for Lifetime Achievement in Promotion of Sports and Games, which carried a citation and cash award of Rs 3 lakh.
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* Groomed 58 international and over 100 national level hockey plaeyrs in his 35-year-long coaching career.
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* His distinguished trainees include internationals Lazrus Barla, Ignace Tirkey, Prabodh Tirkey, William Xalxo, Amit Rohidas, Dipsan Tirkey, Gloria DungdungJyoti Sunita Kullu, Subhadra Pradhan, Teresa Kujur and Sabita Ekka.
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* As a coach he likes to treat his students as friends and tries to add one extra weapon to their armoury.

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