Nihar Ameen is the pre-eminent Indian swimming coach, winner of Dronacharya Award[1] 2015, and leads the Dolphin Aquatics across multiple centres in India one of them being the Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence, Bangalore. Among his trainees are the first Indian athletes to qualify for the Olympics, Hakimuddin Habibulla at Sydney, 2000, 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 United States 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.
References
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- ^ "The Hindu : Nihar Ameen: Coach knows best". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Khade & Sejwal qualify for Beijing Games". Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
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- ^ "GoSports Foundation". Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
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