Gautam Das Squash
editGautam Das (born 10th October 1983, in Kolkata)[1] is a professional squash coach from India and the founder of GDsquash (online and offline squash portal). He completed his schooling from Birla High, Kolkata[2]. Currently working with Squash Racket Federation of India[3] as East zone coaching incharge.
Early Life
editGautam Das born in the year 1983 to Odia parents in Kolkata, grew up to be a successful squash enthusiast in the country.
Career Overview
editGautam Das, who is a coach in The Calcutta Racket Club[4] is currently heading the GDsquash foundation which deals with all squash queries both online and offline. Gautam Das has served in the Squash Rackets Federation of India as the Assistant National Coach of the Junior and Senior Indian team from October 2008 to August 2014. He has the highest level of coaching qualification i.e. ASF Level 3 from Malaysia. He is also WSF level 1 National Tutor.
Achievements
editHe has a few prestigious awards in his kitty. He was recognized as the Coaches certificate in the year 2009[5], development coach of the year 2010 and Junior coach of the year 2012 by the Asian Squash Federation. He worked as the coaching instructor for the ASF and WSF coaching Level 1 coaching courses.
Coach for the Indian team for the following tournament-
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Malaysian Junior open 2009 & 2010, Kuala Lumpur[6]
Scottish Junior Open 2009, Edinburgh[7]
One Month Coaching Camp for Indian Junior at Leeds, England[8], 2009
British Junior Open 2010[9], Sheffield, England
Commonwealth Games 2010[10], Delhi
World Women’s Team Championship 2010[11], New Zealand
World Junior Individual Championship 2011, Herentals , Belgium
World Junior Team Championship 2012, Doha
World Men’s Team Championship 2013, Mulhouse, France
World Games 2013, Cali, Colombia
Dutch Junior Open 2017, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cologne Junior Open 2017, Cologne, Germany
Tournament achievement as a player-
edit Part of the West Bengal Men team for Inter State Squash Championships at the
2003(Kolkata),2004(Chennai),2006( Delhi), 2007(Chennai)and 2008 (Hyderabad)
Lost in the third round in Nationals Held at Calcutta Racket Club, Calcutta
from 27 th - 30 th Nov 2003
Lost in Pre –Quarter’s in Professionals (Nationals) held at ICL Squash
Academy, Chennai from 13 th to 18 th of Dec.2004
Winner of Pran Prasad Team Event (Club level) 2004
Lost in Pre –Quarter’s in Professionals (Nationals) held in Bombay Gym in 2005
Finalist in Bengal State Open Squash Championship 2006
Winner in Raj Kumar Gautam Narain Handicap Squash Championship 2006
Lost in Semi -Finals in Professionals (Nationals) held in Delhi gym in 2006
Lost in Semis in Professionals in Maharashtra state in Mumbai in 2006
Lost in Pre/Quarter in Professionals (Nationals) held in Chennai in 2007
Quarter/Finalist in Bengal State Open Squash Championship 2007
7 th position in Professionals (Nationals) Held in Hyderabad 2008
Finalist in Bengal State Open Squash Championship 2008
Winner of N. N.Atal Doubles Open Squash Tournament 2015
Winner of N. N.Atal Doubles Open Squash Tournament 2016
Runner up of N. N.Atal Doubles Open Squash Tournament 2018
Winner of Kolkata Squash League 2018(Owner & Captain of Team Raiders)
Winner of Kolkata Squash League 2019(Owner & Captain of Team Raiders)
References
edit- ^ kolkata
- ^ "Birla High School".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Squash Rackets Federation of India". www.indiasquash.com. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
- ^ "The Calcutta Racket Club".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "ASF squash Award list".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Kuala Lumpur Open Squash Championships", Wikipedia, 2021-01-23, retrieved 2021-06-30
- ^ Scottish Junior Open 2009, Edinburgh
- ^ Leeds, England
- ^ "British Junior Open Sqaush".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Commonwealth Games 2010".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "World Women's Team Championship 2010".
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