Mansoor Ahmed
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Nationality | Pakistani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1968-01-07)7 January 1968 Karachi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 12 May 2018(2018-05-12) (aged 50) Karachi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mansoor Ahmed Batt (7 January 1968 – 12 May 2018) was a hockey player.[1][2][3]
Career
Ahmed played as a goalkeeper and Captain for the Pakistan national hockey team from 1986 to 2000. He played 338 International matches and participated in three Olympic Games. He became the recipient of a bronze medal in 1992 Olympic Games. Ahmed played three consecutive World Cups and won 1994 World Cup Hockey Championship (World Cup). Also won silver medal in 1990 world Cup Hockey Championship. He played 10 Champions Trophy games and won gold medal in 1994. He played three Asian Games and won a gold medal in 1990 at Beijing, China. In his career, he earned 12 gold, 12 silver and 8 bronze medals in international hockey tournaments.[2][1][3]
He was declared All Asian Stars Hockey Team member in 1996 and also declared World Eleven Hockey team members in 1994. Ahmed was declared four times as the best goalkeeper of the tournament in his lifetime career. He was also the flag carrier of the Pakistani contingent in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in Atlanta, US.[2]
In his outstanding performance in the field of hockey, Government of Pakistan awarded him the President Award in 1988. He was also awarded the Pride of Performance award by the President of Pakistan in 1994.[4][3]
Ahmed was also involved in hockey as a coach. He was the National hockey coach of Pakistan junior hockey team in 2000 and was appointed as specialist goalkeeper coach of Bangladesh national hockey team in 2014. He also was appointed director of Pakistan Hockey Federation's hockey academies in 2010. Besides a player, Ahmed was a social activist and worked as an ambassador with different organizations like "Right to Play" and "Athlete Ambassador". He was also appointed as an ambassador for 'No Smoking Campaign' by the Government of Pakistan. He had the honour to be announced as speaker for FIFA World Cup 2022, Qatar. He was also invited as a guest for Special Olympics, Los Angeles, US in 2015.[citation needed]
Illness and death
On 22 April 2018, Ahmed revealed that he needed a heart transplant and was seeking a medical visa from the Government of India.[1] He was under treatment at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in Karachi.[2]
Mansoor Ahmed died on 12 May 2018, in Karachi, Pakistan.[5][4] In the last three years of his life, he had been suffering from a heart ailment.[2] A few weeks before his death, Ahmed had complications originating from a pacemaker and stents implanted in his heart.[1] On 13 May 2018, he was laid to rest in Karachi.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Ailing Hockey hero Mansoor Ahmed seeks New Delhi's permission for heart transplant in India". Dawn newspaper. AFP. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Hockey legend Mansoor Ahmed passes away after prolonged illness". Geo News. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Hockey legend Mansoor Ahmed laid to rest in Karachi". Dawn newspaper. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Hockey hero Mansoor Ahmed passes away in Karachi". Dawn newspaper. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Pakistan hockey legend Mansoor Ahmed dies aged 49". The Express Tribune. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
External links
- Mansoor Ahmed at Olympedia
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