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Personalities in Sports

December 9, 2011 by madur

Karnataka has produced many eminent sports persons over the years. Cricket dominates the list though but we do have some shining stars from other sports.

  • Chess
    • DV Prasad
    • MS Thej Kumar – first Grand Master norm holder from Karnataka
    • Girish Koushik
  • Badminton
    • Prakash Padukone – Needs no introduction. Not just for the game but for his ‘down to earth’ attitude and humbleness.
    • Vimal Kumar
  • Carrom
    • RM Shankara – World Carrom Champion (2000 in New Delhi, 2004 in Sri Lanka). National champion twice. Has US Open and a Malayasian championship to his credit.He played in a club called Kiran Carrom Club near Kalasipalyam. Shankara is hoping to get the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.The state govt (during HDK regime) rejected his request for a site (land) to build a house. Tamil Nadu Government gve him a job with Indian Airlines and helped him pursue his passion. We continue to do a great job in snubbing non-cricketers.
  • Cricket
    • Mamatha Maben – captain of Women’s cricket team
    • Anil Kumble
    • Brijesh Patel
    • B S Chandrasekhar
    • E.A.S. Prasanna
    • G.R. Vishwanath
    • Javagal Srinath
    • Rahul Dravid
    • Robin Uthappa
    • Roger Binny
    • Shantha Rangaswamy – Captain Women’s Cricket Team
    • Sunil Joshi
    • Syed Kirmani
    • Venkatesh Prasad
    • Gundappa Vishwanath (GR Vishwanath)
  • Ashwini Nachappa – Athlete
  • Reeth Abraham – Athlete
  • Hockey
    • Arjun Halappa
    • M.P. Ganesh – former India hockey team captain and former Director of Sport Authority of India. He was a member of the Indian team that won the World Cup in 1975.
  • Mahesh Bhupathi – Tennis pro
  • Rohan Bopanna –  Tenis player
  • Nisha Millet – Swimmer
  • Pankaj Advani – won World Snooker Championship on Oct 25, 2003 at a young age of 19.
  • Jagat And Anita Nanjappa – Racers
  • Usha Rani – Kabaddi player

Also See:

  • Traditional Games of Karnataka
  • Personalities in Karnataka

Filed Under: Personalities Tagged With: chess, cricket, hockey

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