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	~~'''Mohammed Ilyas Babar''' (1926 – 30 July 2002) was an [[India]]n athletic coach.~~
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			'''Mohammed Ilyas Babar''' (1926 – 30 July 2002) was an Indian athletic coach.
	Babar was born in [[Gulbarga]] in [[Karnataka]]. He became an outstanding university athlete in Hyderabad and was the state champion in 110m hurdles between 1950 and 1957, and in long jump. He graduated in commerce from the [[Osmania University]].		Babar was born in [[Gulbarga]] in [[Karnataka]]. He became an outstanding university athlete in Hyderabad and was the state champion in 110m hurdles between 1950 and 1957, and in long jump. He graduated in commerce from the [[Osmania University]].

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	His trainees included [[Jagmal Singh (athlete)\|Jagmal Singh]], [[B. V. Satyanarayan]], [[Bhogeswar Baruah\|BS Barua]], [[Sriram Singh]], [[Tarlok Singh (athlete)\|Tarlok Singh]], [[Charles Borromeo (athlete)\|Charles Borromeo]], Bagicha Singh, Harlal Singh, Ram Narayan Singh and [[Geeta Zutshi]].<ref>[http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/15102002/1510200231.htm Milli Gazette, ''Remembering Ilyas Babar'']</ref> Between them, they won 17 gold medals in [[Asian Games]] and [[Asian Athletics Championships\|Asian Track and Field]] meets, three [[Padma Shri]] and five [[Arjuna award]]s. Sriram Singh finished seventh in the 800m in the [[1976 Summer Olympics\|Montreal Olympics]] and set an Indian record that stood for 42 years. Babar went to the Montreal Olympics on his own expense, having to sell his scooter and various household goods and borrow from his friends to reach Montreal.		His trainees included [[Jagmal Singh (athlete)\|Jagmal Singh]], [[B. V. Satyanarayan]], [[Bhogeswar Baruah\|BS Barua]], [[Sriram Singh]], [[Tarlok Singh (athlete)\|Tarlok Singh]], [[Charles Borromeo (athlete)\|Charles Borromeo]], Bagicha Singh, Harlal Singh, Ram Narayan Singh and [[Geeta Zutshi]].<ref>[http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/15102002/1510200231.htm Milli Gazette, ''Remembering Ilyas Babar'']</ref> Between them, they won 17 gold medals in [[Asian Games]] and [[Asian Athletics Championships\|Asian Track and Field]] meets, three [[Padma Shri]] and five [[Arjuna award]]s. Sriram Singh finished seventh in the 800m in the [[1976 Summer Olympics\|Montreal Olympics]] and set an Indian record that stood for 42 years. Babar went to the Montreal Olympics on his own expense, having to sell his scooter and various household goods and borrow from his friends to reach Montreal.

	Babar was given the [[Dronacharya Award]] in 1994. In the [[1978 Asian Games]] in [[Bangkok]] he was voted as the ''Best coach in Asia'' by a panel of international experts and presented with the ''Adidas Golden Shoe''. He died at age 76, three days after undergoing a surgery for stomach ulcer in [[Hyderabad]], [[India]].		Babar was given the [[Dronacharya Award]] in 1994. In the [[1978 Asian Games]] in [[Bangkok]] he was voted as the ''Best coach in Asia'' by a panel of international experts and presented with the ''Adidas Golden Shoe''. He died at age 76, three days after undergoing a surgery for stomach ulcer in [[Hyderabad]], India.

	==References==		==References==
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	* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2002080100640400.htm&date=2002/08/01/&prd=mp& The Hindu, ''The committed coach'']		* {{usurped\|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110716165640/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2002080100640400.htm&date=2002/08/01/&prd=mp& The Hindu, ''The committed coach'']}}
	* [http://www.indianexpress.com/archive_full_story.php?content_id=7270 Indian Express, ''The coach who ran the extra distance'']		* [http://www.indianexpress.com/archive_full_story.php?content_id=7270 Indian Express, ''The coach who ran the extra distance'']
	* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020810/spr-trib.htm#2 Tribune India, ''An ‘institution’ passes into history'']		* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020810/spr-trib.htm#2 Tribune India, ''An ‘institution’ passes into history'']
	* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/07/31/stories/2002073106281800.htm Hindu obituary]		* {{usurped\|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050115102011/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/07/31/stories/2002073106281800.htm Hindu obituary]}}

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'''Mohammed Ilyas Babar''' (1926 – 30 July 2002) was an [[India]]n athletic coach.
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Babar was born in [[Gulbarga]] in [[Karnataka]]. He became an outstanding university athlete in Hyderabad and was the state champion in 110m hurdles between 1950 and 1957, and in long jump. He graduated in commerce from the [[Osmania University]].

He obtained a diploma in coaching from the National Institute of Sports in [[Patiala]] in 1961. He coached for a while in [[Secunderabad]] before moving to [[Delhi]]. There he joined the [[Rajputana Rifles]] and served until 1999.

His trainees included [[Jagmal Singh (athlete)|Jagmal Singh]], [[B. V. Satyanarayan]], [[Bhogeswar Baruah|BS Barua]], [[Sriram Singh]], [[Tarlok Singh (athlete)|Tarlok Singh]], [[Charles Borromeo (athlete)|Charles Borromeo]], Bagicha Singh, Harlal Singh, Ram Narayan Singh and [[Geeta Zutshi]].<ref>[http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/15102002/1510200231.htm Milli Gazette, ''Remembering Ilyas Babar'']</ref> Between them, they won 17 gold medals in [[Asian Games]] and [[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Track and Field]] meets, three [[Padma Shri]] and five [[Arjuna award]]s. Sriram Singh finished seventh in the 800m in the [[1976 Summer Olympics|Montreal Olympics]] and set an Indian record that stood for 42 years. Babar went to the Montreal Olympics on his own expense, having to sell his scooter and various household goods and borrow from his friends to reach Montreal.

Babar was given the [[Dronacharya Award]] in 1994. In the [[1978 Asian Games]] in [[Bangkok]] he was voted as the ''Best coach in Asia'' by a panel of international experts and presented with the ''Adidas Golden Shoe''. He died at age 76, three days after undergoing a surgery for stomach ulcer in [[Hyderabad]], [[India]].

==References==
{{reflist}}
* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2002080100640400.htm&date=2002/08/01/&prd=mp& The Hindu, ''The committed coach'']
* [http://www.indianexpress.com/archive_full_story.php?content_id=7270 Indian Express, ''The coach who ran the extra distance'']
* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020810/spr-trib.htm#2 Tribune India, ''An ‘institution’ passes into history'']
* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/07/31/stories/2002073106281800.htm Hindu obituary]

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