Vasudevan Baskaran (born 17 August 1950) is a former

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player and coach from Tamil Nadu,

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. He captained the

, which won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in

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, then part of the

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. Thereafter he coached and mentored several players for the Indian team. He was the head coach of the India hockey team at the

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and 2006 Hockey World Cup. Now he lives with his family in Besant Nagar in

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, India.

Career

After the Olympic gold victory, Baskaran had coached

several times, the last time at the

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. Currently he is the Chief Coach of

Bhopal Badshahs Bhopal Badshahs (BB) was hockey team from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh that competes in the World Series Hockey championship. The captain of the team is Sameer Dad, part of the Indian National Hockey Team. Bhopal Badshahs was coached by Vasudevan Bha ...

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league.

Awards

He was awarded the Arjuna Award in (1979–1980) for his performance as a player in Olympic Games.

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Bharatiya Hockey
* * 1950 births Living people Indian field hockey coaches Field hockey players from Chennai Olympic field hockey players of India Olympic gold medalists for India Field hockey players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Indian male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports Recipients of the Arjuna Award Loyola College, Chennai alumni Olympic medalists in field hockey Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1974 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub

Career

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