JACOB JOSE


Gender : Male
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Address : At/PO- Athirampuzha, Dist- Kottyam , Kerala.
Present Address : SAI Water Sports Centre, Jagatpur, Cuttack, Odisha, India
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Occupation : SAI coach
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* Joined Madras Engineering Group as basketball player in 1983, but represent Indian Army as a rower from 1983 to 1989.
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* Won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals in National Rowing Championships in the 80s.
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* Under his guidance as a coach, Odisha won the team title in the National rowing championship for a record 13 times.
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* Good Samaritan Trust felicitated him with a cash award of Rs 25,000 in Bhubaneswar on July 14, 2012.
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Under his tutelage, Odisha rowers have bagged 20 international and 244 national medals so far. The medals include 125 gold, 74 silver and 65 bronze.
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President of India Pranab Mukherjee conferred on him the Dronacharya Award at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on August 29, 2014. The award carried statuettes, citation and cash prize of Rs 5 lakh.
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* Started his sports career as a basketball player before switching over to basketball.

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