Lalit Kumar is an Indian Kabaddi coach. He was selected for the Dronacharya Award in December 2023.
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Wiki/Biography
Lalit Kumar was born in a village in Delhi. He did his graduation from Delhi University. During his graduation, he participated in various university-level and national-level wrestling competitions.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 7″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
Lalit Kumar belongs to a family of wrestlers in a village in Delhi.
parents and siblings
Lalit Kumar’s father is a bank employee, and his mother is a housewife.
wife and children
Lalit Kumar has a daughter.
Lalit Kumar with his wife and daughter
Religion
Lalit Kumar follows Hindu religion.
livelihood
After graduation, Lalit started practicing wrestling at his uncle’s akhara, Lala Ram Vyamshala in Roshanara area of Delhi and started playing at the national level in 63 kg and 68 kg wrestling categories in Delhi and won national and university titles. Won many medals. Games of the 90s. However, he had to end his wrestling career due to a knee injury. He did not want to give up wrestling, so his uncle advised him to get a wrestling coaching certificate. Later, Lalit earned a diploma in wrestling coaching from the National Institute of Sports (NIS) in Patiala. In an interview, Lalit revealed that after his knee injury, he did not want his family’s wrestling legacy to end, so he decided to continue wrestling coaching. He said,
My knee dislocated more often than expected. In the nineties, operation was a scary word and it was even more dangerous for the players because they said it would end their careers. I though fell short of it, since my other brothers were already doing well in fields other than sports, yet there was a desire to keep myself involved in sports and continue the family legacy. At that time Tau ji asked me to get coaching certificate from National Institute of Sports (NIS) in Patiala. Coaching was the only way I could still stay connected to the love of my life.”
Lalit Kumar with Alexander Medved at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Minsk, Belarus
In 2006, after he received a Diploma in Wrestling Coaching from the National Institute of Sports, Lalit started working in Bulandshahr as a contracted coach by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Later, he returned to his uncle’s gym, Lala Ram Vyayamashala in Delhi. After working in his uncle’s gym for some time, he got a job offer as a coach from the Delhi government. In 2010, he started working for the Delhi government as a wrestling coach at the Singhu Sports Complex. In 2012 he was posted to Chhatrasal, where he worked for more than 12 years. Over the years, he has trained many renowned wrestlers like Olympic silver medalists Ravi Dahiya and Deepak Punia. He has also trained World Championships silver medalist Aman Sehrawat, who won a bronze medal at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
Lalit Kumar (right) with Ravi Dahiya.
award
- In September 2021, he was awarded the Delhi State Best Sports Coach Award.
Lalit Kumar receives Delhi State Best Sports Coach Award
- On 9 January 2024, Lalit Kumar was awarded the 2023 Dronacharya Award for outstanding coach in sports and games.
Lalit Kumar receiving the Dronacharya Award from the President of India Draupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
Facts/General Knowledge
- In an interview, Lalit talked about his daily routine while working at Chhatrasal Academy, Delhi and revealed that his day starts at 5:00 am in winters and 4:30 am in summers. He also said that he works in shifts of 5 hours in the morning and 5 hours in the evening. He said,
At 5 am in winter and 4.30 am in summer, I am at Chhatrasal Akhara, no matter the weather. This is not negotiable for me, I stay for a five-hour shift with the wrestlers in the morning and then do official work till I return. [wrestling] “Three o’clock in the evening and mat for five hours.”
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