Dinesh Kumar (born 13 December 1979) is an Indian professional

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player and coach who was part of the Indian Masters Basketball Team. Dinesh is currently the coach of

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Basketball Team and Uttarakhand team.

Early life

Dinesh Kumar represented the

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Basketball Team in Senior National Championship held at Bangalore in the years 2001 to 2002. He later shifted his base to Uttrakhand and went on to represent the state team from 2003 to 2011. He also played for

and represented the team at Federation Cup Basketball Championship in varying years from 2003 to 2014. Dinesh also played for the Indian Masters Basketball Team in 2019 European Masters Games in Turin,

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and 2018 European Masters Games in

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. Dinesh is now a coach of

Basketball Team and

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team.

Achievements

* Coach of

State Basketball team that participated in the 67th Senior National Basketball championship and won gold medal, at Puducherry in 2017. * Coach of

Basketball team that participated in Federation Cup and won gold medal, at

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in 2016. * Coach of the

Basketball Team Participated in Federation Cup and won gold medal,

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in 2017.

References

External links

Basketball.com
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