Nihar Ameen
Nihar Ameen is the pre-eminent Indian swimming coach, winner of Dronacharya Award[1] 2015, and is associated with the Dolphin Academy in Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence, Bangalore. Among his trainees are the first Indian athletes to qualify for the Olympics, Shikha Tandon[2] at Athens, 2004 and Virdhawal Khade and Sandeep Sejwal for Beijing, 2008.[3] He has also coached Meghana Narayan.
In 1989-1992, Ameen was assistant national team coach in the USA with Team Director and Olympic Coach, Jack Nelson.[4]
Nihar Ameen is also a member of the panel of experts for GoSports Foundation, a sports Non-governmental organisation.[5] He is an alumnus of the Bishop Cotton Boys' School.
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- ^ "Nihar among Dronacharyas". 15 August 2015.
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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- ^ http://gosportsfoundation.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=72
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