Ashan Kumar Sangwan is a former Indian professional Kabaddi player and Coach of

Tamil Thalaivas Tamil Thalaivas is a Kabaddi team based in Tamil Nadu that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is owned by the consortium called Magnum Sports Private Limited, the parent company of Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters FC. Actor V ...

. Kumar was the Indian captain of the first Asian Games gold medal-winning team.in recognition of his achievements in the sport, he was awarded the

Arjuna Award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one ...

by the Government of India and

Dronacharya Award The Dronacharya Award, officially known as Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games, is sports coaching honour of the Republic of India. The award is named after Drona, often referred as "Dronacharya" or "Guru Drona", a ch ...

in 2021. Presently he is the coach of the Indian Kabaddi team.

Early life

Ashan Kumar was born on 15 April 1960, Bhera village, in the

Bhiwani Bhiwani is a city and a municipal council in Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana, Bhiwani was also known as "Gate of Rajputana". Besides being a seat of spiritual learning, the city is at the centre of regional politics and hometown of t ...

district of

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

. He took up Kabaddi during his school days. After having played for his school team, he represented India at the first

Asian games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

as a captain in 1990.

Career

The Indian Kabaddi team under Kumar's captaincy won the gold medal in the Asian Games in 1990. At the 64th Kabaddi Senior Nationals, Ashan Kumar was the coach of the Haryana squad, who advanced to the tournament's semifinals. He received the prestigious Arjuna Award from the then-President of India in 1999, the Bhim Award from the governor of Haryana in 1994, and the Bharat Gaurav Award from the president of the AKFI in 1993.As a coach, Asan Sangwan has been the coach of India in 1998 in his coaching team India won gold medal in bangkok.In 2010, he was coach of the Iran team that competed and won silver at Guangzhou. He was also coach of South Korea in 2018. Kumar is currently the head coach of Tamil Thalaivas in the Pro Kabaddi League, as well as the coach of the Indian Kabaddi team.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Ashan Living people Indian male kabaddi players 1960 births Asian Games medalists in kabaddi Asian Games gold medalists for India Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Kabaddi players at the 1990 Asian Games South Asian Games gold medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in kabaddi Recipients of the Arjuna Award People from Bhiwani district Kabaddi players from Haryana