IRANI DINIAR

Date of Birth : 1954-03-07
Gender : Male
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Address : Tulsipur, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
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Occupation : Worked as basketball coach at Sports Authority of India (SAI).
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OTHER IMPORTANT DATA

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* Represented Indian men basketball team in its only Olympic appearance at the Moscow Summer Olympic Games 1980.
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* He appeared in all seven matches that India got to play at the Moscow Olympics and averaged 3.4 points per contest.
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* Represented Indian men basketball team in the Asian Basketball Championship, Nagoya, Japan, 1979.
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* After retiring from the game in the mid-80s, Irani served the SAI as a coach for 30 years before retiring in 2017.
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* Imparted coaching to Odisha basketball teams.
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* He is one of the rare players of Zoroastrian background to represent Team India.
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* His wife Gayatri, a princess belonging to the Ranpur royal family, is a former national level basketball player and mountaineer, who rekked to Mount Everest base camp.
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* His daughter Dilnawaz is a former district level swimmer.

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