Homi Dady Motivala (born 18 June 1958) is an Indian sportsperson in

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. He received the Arjuna award for best performance in yachting for the year 1993, the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award jointly with P. K. Garg for ''overall'' best performance in sports for the year 1994–95 and the

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for "Coaching excellence in Yachting" for the year 2002. Together with Garg, he won the bronze medal in the enterprise class at the 1990 and 1994 Asian Games held at

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and Hiroshima respectively. They were also the world champions in the same class in 1993. Motivala holds the rank of Commander with the

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. He received its gallantry award, the

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, in 1983.

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1958 births Indian male sailors (sport) Recipients of the Dronacharya Award Living people Parsi people Recipients of the Khel Ratna Award Recipients of the Arjuna Award Asian Games medalists in sailing Sailors at the 1986 Asian Games Sailors at the 1990 Asian Games Sailors at the 1994 Asian Games Recipients of the Shaurya Chakra Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for India {{India-yachtracing-bio-stub