Tom Joseph (1 January 1980 in

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second la ...

) is an Indian

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player who played for

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in many international competitions. He got the

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in 2014 for his great performance in

throughout the year.

Early life

He was born on 1 January 1980 in

Career

He led the Indian National Volleyball Team during the ''Rashid Memorial International Volleyball Tournament'' held in

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in 2000 when it won the gold medal. Joseph represented India in two

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and four Asian Volleyball Championships. He also played at the 2009 World championship qualifiers in

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. At the national level championships, Joseph played for his home state

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and helped

winning the National Volleyball Championship in more than one occasions.

Awards

- 2014 * GV Raja Award - 2013 * Jimmy George Award - 2009 * JCI International Award - 2010 * Youth Icon Award - 2014 * Veera Maruthi Puraskaram - 2013 * E.S Kunjikilavan Master Puraskaram - 2013 * Pattiam Gopalan Award - 2013 * Ekalavya Puraskaram - 2013 * Chattambi Swami Puraskaram - 2013 * Janasakthi Puraskaram - 2013 * T Govindan Kayika Puraskaram - 2013 * Sportsmanship Award USA, Miami - 2014 * Vocational Excellence Award by Rotary Club - 2014 * 5th KIES State Excel Award - 2016 * Sreerama Puraskaram - 2018

References

Living people Sportspeople from Kozhikode Indian men's volleyball players Asian Games competitors for India Volleyball players at the 2002 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2006 Asian Games Recipients of the Arjuna Award Volleyball players from Kerala 1980 births {{India-volleyball-bio-stub