Homi Dady Motivala (born 18 June 1958) is an Indian sportsperson in Yachting. He received 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 ...

for best performance in yachting for the year 1993, the

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award jointly with P. K. Garg for ''overall'' best performance in sports for the year 1994–95 and the

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 ...

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

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held at

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and

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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 Shaurya Chakra, 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