Mansoor Ahmed Batt (7 January 1968 – 12 May 2018) was a field hockey player and captain of the Pakistan national hockey team.

Career

Ahmed played as a

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and

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for the Pakistan national hockey team from 1986 to 2000. He played 338 International matches and participated in three Olympic Games. He became the recipient of a bronze medal in 1992 Olympic Games. Ahmed played three consecutive World Cups and won 1994 World Cup Hockey Championship (World Cup). Also won silver medal in 1990 world Cup Hockey Championship. He played 10 Champions Trophy games and won gold medal in 1994. He played three Asian Games and won a gold medal in 1990 at

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, China. In his career, he earned 12 gold, 12 silver and 8 bronze medals in international hockey tournaments. He was declared All Asian Stars Hockey Team member in 1996 and also declared World Eleven Hockey team members in 1994. Ahmed was declared four times as the best goalkeeper of the tournament in his career. He was also the flag carrier of the Pakistani contingent at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. For his outstanding services to field hockey, the

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awarded him the President Award in 1988. He was also awarded the

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by the

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in 1994. Ahmed was also involved in hockey as a coach. He was the national hockey coach of Pakistan junior hockey team in 2000 and was appointed as specialist goalkeeper coach of Bangladesh national hockey team in 2014. He also was appointed director of Pakistan Hockey Federation's hockey academies in 2010. Besides a player, Ahmed was a social activist and worked as an ambassador with different organizations like "Right to Play" and "Athlete Ambassador". He was also appointed as an ambassador for 'No Smoking Campaign' by the

. He had the honour to be announced as speaker for FIFA World Cup 2022, Qatar. He was also invited as a guest for

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, Los Angeles, US in 2015.

Illness and death

On 22 April 2018, Ahmed revealed that he needed a heart transplant and was seeking a medical visa from the

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. He was under treatment at the

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in Karachi. Mansoor Ahmed died on 12 May 2018, in

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, Pakistan. In the last three years of his life, he had been suffering from a heart ailment. A few weeks before his death, Ahmed had complications originating from a pacemaker and

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s implanted in his heart. On 13 May 2018, he was laid to rest in Karachi.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed, Mansoor 1968 births 2018 deaths Olympic field hockey players for Pakistan Pakistani male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Pakistan Olympic medalists in field hockey Recipients of the Pride of Performance Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from Karachi Field hockey players at the 1986 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1990 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in field hockey Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan Asian Games silver medalists for Pakistan Asian Games bronze medalists for Pakistan Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup players 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup players Sportspeople from Karachi 20th-century Pakistani sportsmen

Career

Illness and death

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