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 Indian national team, which won the gold medal at the

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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 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in

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. Currently he is the Chief Coach of Bhopal Badshahs in World Series Hockey league. RIAN archive 838409 USSR vs

Awards

He was awarded the

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in (1979–1980) for his performance as a player in Olympic Games.

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* * 1950 births Living people Indian field hockey coaches Field hockey players from Chennai Olympic field hockey players for 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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