Asit Kumar Saha

Asit Kumar Saha (born 1950) is a former National level wrestler. He is now a wrestling coach in the State of West Bengal, India and the General Secretary of West Bengal Wrestling Association. Asit was trained by his father Sudhir Saha, International coach, from a very young age at Panchanan Bayam Samity, Kolkata. Asit was a State Champion from (1965-1973) in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.[1] He won the bronze medal in the Senior National Wrestling Championship, 1969.[1] In 1978, he obtained his International FILA wrestling coaching license from Iran. Asit managed the Indian wrestling team for the 1982 Asian Games held in Delhi. India won 1 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals. Asit also managed the Indian Wrestling team at the 1987 South Asian 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 including World Championship. In 1987, Asit obtained his FILA Judge-Referee license at the Asian Wrestling Championships in Mumbai.[1]

Asit Saha at Panchanan Bayam Samity
Asit Saha refereeing at an All India level tournament in Bihar

Below is a list of some of his achievements.

Year Championship
1987 Manager,3rd British World Wrestling Championship, Manchester, England
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 Judge/Referee, Bhagat Singh International Wrestling Tournament, Jallandhar
2009 Judge/Referee, Commonwealth Wrestling Tournament, Jallandhar
2010 Judge/Referee, Commonwealth Games, Delhi

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

Asit started Women's Wrestling in West Bengal.[1] His trainee Runu Ghoroi is the first National Institute of Sports wrestling coach in the State of West Bengal.[4] 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 to 17 November 2013 at the Netaji Indoor Stadium after 75 years.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Saha, Sipra Sen (7 June 2000). "Girl Power". The Statesman.
  2. ^ a b "WFI". Wrestling Federation of India. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Clean sweep by Ajit Banerjee group". The Hindu. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  4. ^ Deb, Sikha (10 July 2013). "Banglar Pratham NIS Kushti coach Runu Ghoroi (Bengali)". Dainik Statesman (Bengali).
  5. ^ "Kolkata to host National Wrestling". Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.