Aspy Adajania

Aspy Adajania
Born India
Occupation Sports administrator
Known for Boxing
Awards Padma Shri

Aspy Darabshaw Adajania was an Indian sports administrator involved with the sport of Boxing. He was the secretary of the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) in 1985, 1987, 1990 and 1991[1][2] and the chairman of the Bombay Boxing Association.[3] He was credited with the development of Indian amateur boxing by bringing in Cuban boxing coach, Blas Iglesias Fernandez, the first foreigner to receive the highest Indian coaching award, the Dronacharya Award,[4] for coaching Indian boxers.[5] He served as a member of the Executive Committee[6] and the Grievance Committee of the International Boxing Association (AIBA).[7] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 1992.[8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Boxing ex-official Devine Jones dead". Indian Express. 12 July 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Packing a new punch". India Today. 15 December 1990. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Boman Irani had a bakery shop". Times of India. 4 July 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Surprised to receive the Dronacharya Award, says Fernandez". Zee News. 24 August 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Bhiwani via Havana". Indian Express. 21 November 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Executive Committee AIBA" (PDF). Olympic Information Cente. 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Anthony Hembrick earlier this week avoided a fight he...". UPI News. 19 September 1988. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 15, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
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