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| Birth name | Sabir Ali | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1955-04-19)19 April 1955 Haryana, India | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 January 2023(2023-01-22) (aged 67) New Delhi | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Track and field athlete | ||||||||||||||
| Employer(s) | Retired fromIndian Railways, 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Shabnam Ali | ||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 (Shahzad Sabir Ali, Sophia Ali) | ||||||||||||||
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Sabir Ali (19 April 1955 – 22 January 2023) was an Indiandecathlete.[1] He was anArjuna award winner (1981).[2]
Born inHaryana, Ali won 10gold medals in thedecathlon,[citation needed] including at the1981 Asian Athletics Championships held atTokyo,Japan.[3] He won two silver medals in South Asian Athletics meet held at Kathmandu & Dhaka.
He was declared the best sportsman of India in the year 1981 by Indian Railways and Journalist Association of India. He was conferred withArjuna award by the president of IndiaZail Singh and Bhim award by the government of Haryana in 1981.[4]
Winner of silver medal (1985) & bronze (1981) in world railway athletic championship held inEast Germany and inCzechoslovakia. He became the Captain of Indian Athletics Team in Asian track and field athletic meet held inKuwait in 1983. He was appointed as the chief coach of Indian railways and northern railways (1992–2002), member of selection committee (sr. athletics) of the country for five years.
He died of a cardiac arrest on 22 January 2023 at Northern Railway Central Hospital, New Delhi.
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