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{{short description|Indian swimmer and water polo player}}
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[[File:The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Dhyan Chand Award for the year-2011 to Shri Sushil Kohli for Swimming, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2011.jpg|thumb|The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Dhyan Chand Award for the year-2011 to Shri Sushil Kohli for Swimming, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2011]]
'''Sushil Kohli''' is an [[India]]n swimmer and [[water polo]] player.
He was born on 19 April 1953. His father was the late Sh Mulkh Raj Kohli, who started the company [[Beat All Sports]] commonly known as BAS. He received a bronze medal at the [[1982 Asian Games]] in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Medal Winners (Asian Games)|url=http://www.qbtpl.net/ioa/new/medal_asian.htm|accessdate=23 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722064659/http://www.qbtpl.net/ioa/new/medal_asian.htm|archivedate=22 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Career==
In 1980, when the first [[Asian Swimming Championships]] was held at [[Dhaka]], he was the captain of the Indian team and won two silver medals. After his retirement from professional swimming, he started coaching youngsters in swimming and water polo, and later became general secretary of District Swimming Association of Jalandhar.

==Awards and recognition==
He was awarded [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award]] for Swimming, given by Government of Punjab in 1978<ref>[http://pbsports.gov.in/list.htm Official list of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Awardees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215045448/http://www.pbsports.gov.in/list.htm |date=15 February 2012 }} [[Government of Punjab (India)]].</ref> and the [[Dhyan Chand Award]], the highest award in Indian sports for lifetime achievement, given by [[Government of India]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title= National sports awards announced|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/article2371238.ece |newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=19 August 2011 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/article/sports/gagan-narang-confirmed-for-khel-ratna-award-177233 Gagan Narang confirmed for Khel Ratna award] [[NDTV]], Press Trust of India on 2011-08-18.</ref>

==Personal life==
He owns a sports manufacturing unit in [[Jalandhar]],<ref name=tribune>{{cite news |title=Making waves: Sports triumphs as two city coaches win national honours |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110902/jaltrib.htm#5 |newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=2 September 2011 }}</ref> and his son [[Taruwar Kohli]] is a cricketer with [[Indian Premier League]] (IPL). He is the Vice-President of Punjab Swimming Association, Member of the Selection Committee of Punjab Swimming Association Waterpolo Swimming, Honorary General Secretary District Swimming Association Jalandhar, Joint Secretary Shri Guru Gobind Singh Football Society REgd., Joint Secretary Ramesh Chander Memorial Hockey Society Regd.

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[[Category:Indian male swimmers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Jalandhar]]
[[Category:Indian male water polo players]]
[[Category:Indian sports coaches]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in water polo]]
[[Category:Water polo players at the 1982 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Dhyan Chand Award]]
[[Category:Swimming coaches]]
[[Category:Swimmers from Punjab, India]]

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