Asit Kumar Saha
Asit Kumar Saha (born 1950) is a former National level wrestler. He is now a wrestling coach in the State of West Bengal, India and the General Secretary of West Bengal Wrestling Association. Asit was trained by his father Sudhir Saha, International coach, from a very young age at Panchanan Bayam Samity, Kolkata. Asit was a State Champion from (1965-1973) in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.[1] He won the bronze medal in the Senior National Wrestling Championship, 1969.[1] In 1978, he obtained his International FILA wrestling coaching license from Iran. Asit managed the Indian wrestling team for the 1982 Asian Games held in Delhi. India won 1 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals. Asit also managed the Indian Wrestling team at the 1987 South Asian Games held in Kolkata, India. India won 7 out of 9 gold medals in the Championship. Further to this, he has managed the Indian wrestling team in several International Championships including World Championship. In 1987, Asit obtained his FILA Judge-Referee license at the Asian Wrestling Championships in Mumbai.[1]
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Below is a list of some of his achievements.
Year | Championship |
1987 | Manager,3rd British World Wrestling Championship, Manchester (U.K) |
1987 | Judge/Referee, Asian Wrestling Championships, Bombay |
1991 | Judge/Referee, Asian Wrestling Championships, Delhi |
2007 | Observer, 2nd Indo-Bangladesh Bangla Games, Dhaka (Bangladesh) |
2008 | Director, Bangla–Bangladesh Wrestling Championship, Kolkata. |
2008 | Director, Bangladesh-Bangla Wrestling Tournament, Dhaka (Bangladesh). |
2009 | Judge/Referee, Bhagat Singh International Wrestling Tournament, Jallandhar |
2009 | Judge/Referee, Commonwealth Wrestling Tournament, Jallandhar |
2010 | Judge/Referee, Commonwealth Games, Delhi |
Currently, Asit Kumar Saha holds the following positions listed below -
- General Secretary, West Bengal Wrestling Association [2]
- Vice President, Wrestling Federation of India [2]
- Vice President, Bengal Olympic Association [3]
Asit started Women's Wrestling in West Bengal.[1] His trainee Runu Ghoroi is the first National Institute of Sports wrestling coach in the State of West Bengal.[4] In the Bangla - Bangladesh tournament 2011 held at Barasaat, West Bengal won 6 out of 8 gold medals in women's wrestling. Under his leadership, the 58th Senior National Wrestling Championship was held in Kolkata, India from 14 - 17 Nov 2013 at the Netaji Indoor Stadium after 75 years.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d Saha, Sipra Sen (7 June 2000). "Girl Power". The Statesman.
- ^ a b "WFI". Wrestling Federation of India. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ "Clean sweep by Ajit Banerjee group". The Hindu. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ Deb, Sikha (10 July 2013). "Banglar Pratham NIS Kushti coach Runu Ghoroi (Bengali)". Dainik Statesman (Bengali).
- ^ "Kolkata to host National Wrestling". Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.