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{{Short description|Indian Wushu player}}
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'''Kuldeep Handoo''' is an Indian coach and a former [[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]] player, who is the current national chief coach of the [[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]] team in India.<ref name=indiatoday/> He was honored with the [[Dronacharya Award]], becoming the first person to receive it from [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu And Kashmir]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dutta |first1=Subhayan |title=Wushu coach Kuldeep Handoo becomes first Kashmiri to win Dronacharya Award |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/indian-wushu-coach-kuldeep-handoo-jammu-kashmir-dronacharya-award |publisher=[[Olympics.com]] |date=24 August 2020}}</ref>

In December 2020, he was nominated by the Prime Minister of India as the Ambassador of [[Fit India Movement]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Dronacharya Awardee Kuldeep Handoo from J&K appointed PM's 'Fit India' Movement Ambassador |url=http://indiastatestimes.in/india/dronacharya-awardee-kuldeep-handoo-from-jk-appointed-pms-fit-india-movement-ambassador/ |publisher=India States Times |date=2 December 2020}}</ref> He was born in [[Srinagar]], India, and is a [[Kashmiri Pandit]].<ref name=indiatoday/>

== Career ==
Kuldeep Handoo represented [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)]] at various national sports events. He won gold medals at the National Wushu Championship from 1995 to 2005. He had won a gold medal at the National Wushu Championship, which was held in [[Mizoram]] in the year 1995. In 1998, Kuldeep Handoo received a job as a sub-inspector in [[Jammu and Kashmir Police]] through sports quota. In 2000, he also won a bronze medal in boxing for the [[Jammu and Kashmir Police]] in the All India Police Games. He won a gold medal in the [[National Games of India|2007 National Games]]. He won gold medals at the South Asian Wushu Championship in 2000 and 2003. In 2004, he won a bronze medal at the [[Asian Wushu Championships]], held in [[Myanmar]].<ref name=indiatoday>{{cite news |last1=Bhat |first1=Sunil |title=Meet Wushu coach Kuldeep Handoo — the first Dronacharya Award recipient from J&K |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/wushu-coach-kuldeep-handoo-dronacharya-award-recipient-jammu-kashmir-1722930-2020-09-18 |publisher=[[India Today]] |date=18 September 2020}}</ref>

In 2006, he became a coach and was first appointed as the coach of the junior national Wushu team, later in the year 2010, he became the national chief coach of the Indian Wushu team. Under his guidance, India won three gold medals in the World Championships and one in the World cup, 27 silver and 57 bronze medals at various Wushu competitions including the [[Asian Games]], [[World Wushu Championships]], and World Cup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Khajuria |first1=Ravi Krishnan |title=Dronacharya Award for J&K coach Kuldeep Handoo |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/dronacharya-award-for-j-k-coach-kuldeep-handoo/story-6Y6mESn0WnjoqxPmQVUOPM.html |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=22 August 2020}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Handoo is married to Bhavneet and has a son named, Bhavkul Born in 2012.<ref name=indiatoday/>

== Awards and recognition ==
* [[Dronacharya Award]], by [[Government of India]], 2020
* Sher-I-Kashmir Sports Award by the [[Government of Jammu and Kashmir]]
* [[Police Medal (India)|Jammu and Kashmir Police Medal]] for meritorious service
* The Parshuram Award, the highest award in the field of sports given by the [[Government of Himachal Pradesh|J&K State Sports Council]]

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