Jagdish Kumble is an Indian professional

kabaddi Kabaddi is a contact team sport. Played between two teams of seven players, the objective of the game is for a single player on offence, referred to as a "raider", to run into the opposing team's half of the court, touch out as many of their ...

player and coach. He coaches the

Telugu Titans Telugu Titans is a Kabaddi team based in Vishakapatnam and Hyderabad that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. Telugu Titans is a franchise of Veera Sports owned by Mr. Srinivas Sreeramaneni of Vaya Group, of NED Group and Mr. Mahesh Kolli of Green ...

in the Pro Kabaddi League. He was member of the

India national kabaddi team The Indian National Kabaddi Team represents India in international men's kabaddi competitions. The team is by far the most successful national kabaddi side of any country, winning gold medals at the Asian Games in 1990 (the first year the sport ...

that won Asian games gold medals in 2002 which was held at

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.He is the only player who won gold medal in kabaddi from Kerala. Jagdish Kumble runs a kabaddi academy in Kasargod,

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

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Living people Indian male kabaddi players Year of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in kabaddi Kabaddi players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for India Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Place of birth missing (living people) {{India-martialart-bio-stub