Riaz Nabi Mohammed (born 5 May 1972 in

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) is a former captain of the

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team. He represented India at the

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and

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. He won the

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in 1998 for his outstanding achievements. He has won the title for "Best Sportsmen of the year" from Tamil Nadu's chief minister in 1999. His father was an international umpire. He was the Coach for Indian Hockey team at London Olympics. He currently serves as the Chairman selection committee for Tamil Nadu Hockey Association.

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* 1972 births Field hockey players from Chennai Olympic field hockey players for India Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Arjuna Award Living people Indian male field hockey players Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1994 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub