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 Baskaran Wins World Cup 2016 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Baskaran Kasinathan | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 June 1968 Sooliyakottai, Saliymangalam, Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, India | ||||||||||||||
| Education | U.A.A.T Hr Sec School, Ammapet | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Coach, India national kabaddi team | ||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1989–2002 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Website | [1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Kabaddi | ||||||||||||||
| Position | All Rounder | ||||||||||||||
| League | Pro Kabaddi League | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Tamil Thalaivas | ||||||||||||||
| Team | India national kabaddi team | ||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1988 | ||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | World No. 1 | ||||||||||||||
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K. Baskaran or Baskaran Kasinathan (born 28 June 1968) is a professional Indian Kabaddi sportsman who has represented Indian National Men's Kabaddi team in International games and is mentoring as a Kabaddi Coach. He has won national as well as international medals. He has been a professional coach for International teams and Kabaddi League franchises. He serves as a coach for the Indian National Men's Kabaddi team and the coach for the Pro Kabaddi franchise Bengal Warriors.
He is an active sports enthusiast and apart from being a coach he also concentrates on identifying and training young athletes.
- ^ "FROM OBSCURITY, KABADDI PLAYERS NOW REVEL IN STARDOM". Bangalore Mirror. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.