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Asit Kumar Saha

Asit Kumar Saha is a former National Level wrestler. He is a wrestling coach in the State of West Bengal, India. Asit Saha was trained by his father Sudhir Saha, International coach, and brother, Naresh Chandra Saha, from a very young age at Panchanan Bayam Samity, Kolkata. He was also a university blue in Athletics, Table Tennis, and Wrestling. Asit Saha was a State Champion from (1965-1973) in Oriental style, Freestyle, and Greco-Roman wrestling. He won the Bronze and Silver medal in the Senior National Wrestling Championships in 1969 and 1970 respectively. In 1978, he obtained his International FILA wrestling coaching License from Iran. Asit Saha managed the Indian wrestling team for the 1982 Asian Games held in Delhi. India won 1 Gold, 1 Silver, and 3 Bronze medals. Asit Saha also managed the Indian Wrestling team at the 1987 South Asian Federation Games held in Kolkata, India. India won 7 out of 9 gold medals in the Championship. Further to this, he has managed the Indian wrestling team in several International Championships. He was the coach of the Indian wrestling team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held on the Gold Coast, Australia. India won 12 medals in total including 5 Gold, 3 Silver, and 4 Bronze medals. In 1987, Asit Saha obtained his FILA Judge-Referee License at the Asian Wrestling Championships in Mumbai.

Below is a list of some of his achievements.

Year

Championship

1982

Coach/Manager, Asian Games, Delhi

1987

Coach, 3rd British World Wrestling Championship, Manchester (U.K)

1987

Convenor, South Asian Federation Games, Kolkata,India

1987

Judge/Referee, Asian Wrestling Championships, Bombay

1991

Judge/Referee,Asian Wrestling Championships, Delhi

2007

Observer, 2nd Indo-Bangladesh Bangla Games, Dhaka (Bangladesh)

2008

Director, Bangla–Bangladesh Wrestling Championship, Kolkata.

2008

Director, Bangladesh-Bangla Wrestling Tournament, Dhaka (Bangladesh).

2009

Technical Official, Bhagat Singh International Wrestling Tournament, Jalandhar

2009

Technical Official, Commonwealth Wrestling Tournament, Jalandhar

2010

Technical Official, XIX Commonwealth Games, Delhi

2017

Technical Official, Senior Asian Wrestling Championships, Delhi

2018

Coach, XXI Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia 

Currently, Asit Kumar Saha holds the following positions listed below –

  • General Secretary, West Bengal Wrestling Association
  • Vice President, Wrestling Federation of India.
  • Executive Member, Bengal Olympic Association

Asit Saha started Women’s Wrestling in West Bengal. His trainee Runu Ghoroy is the first National Institute of Sports wrestling coach in the State of West Bengal. In the Bangla – Bangladesh tournament 2011 held at Barasaat, West Bengal won 6 out of 8 gold medals in women’s wrestling. Under his leadership, the 58th Senior National Wrestling Championship was held in Kolkata, India from 14 – 17 Nov 2013 at the Netaji Indoor Stadium after 75 years.