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Surendra Kumar Kataria
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Arjuna Award (1973) | |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Surendra Kumar Kataria is a former basketball player from India who represented India at many international competitions. He was awarded Arjuna award in 1973.[1] He was born on 14 August in Bhilwara Rajasthan state and represented Indian Railways in national tournaments. It should also be mentioned here that he was a sharp-shooter in the true sense of the word, and Indian basketball has not seen such a shooter in all its history.
Achievements[edit]
- Represented India in the 5th Asian Basketball Championship at Bangkok(Thailand) in 1969.
- Represented India in the 1st Youth Asian Basketball Championship held at Seoul(South Korea) in 1970.
- Represented India in the 10th Anniversary of Asian Basketball Championship at Manila(Philippines) in 1970 and won the Bronze Medal of ABC.
- Represented India in the 6th Asian Games held at Bangkok(Thailand) in 1970.
- Represented India in the 7th Asian Basketball Championship held at Manila(Philippines) in 1973.
- Selected for Asian team in 1973 during the 7th Asian Basketball Championship held at Manila.
- Declared SECOND TOP SCORER OF ASIA in the 7th Asian Basketball Championship held at Manila(Philippines) in 1973.
- Represented India in the 8th Asian Basketball Championship held at Bangkok(Thailand) in 1973.
- Represented India against USSR Team at Calcutta in 1975.
- Represented India as Captain in Quaid-E-Azam Mohd. Ali Zinha Memorial Festival at Lahore(Pakistan) in 1976.
- Represented Rajasthan State in National Basketball Championship from 1963 to 1968 in Junior section.
- Represented Rajasthan State in National Basketball Championship from 1969 to 1971 and won SILVER Medal.
- Captain of Indian Railways Basketball team in 1977-78.
- Represented as Coach of Indian Railways Basketball Team in the World Railway Games held at Romania in 1981 and won BRONZE Medal.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Arjuna Awards for outstanding achievement in National sports | Playquiz2win". playquiz2win.com. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
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