A N N U A L P E R F O R M A N C E R E P O R T Foundation for Promotion of Sports and Games 2017-18 www.olympicgoldquest.in O G Q A N N U A L P E R F O R M A N C E R E P O R T 2 0 1 7 - 1 8 Foundation for Promotion of Sports and Games C O N T E N T S OGQ Annual Performance Report 2017-18 01 02 04 11 15 21 96 108 Athlete Summa ry Badminton Shooting Archery Notes OGQ Coaches Boxing OGQ Junior Wrestlin g Board of Geet Sethi Athlete & Spends The Beginning Excellence Weightlift ing Scholarship OGQ Directors Viren Rasq uinha Information of Year 2018 Program Athletics Program Team ` Dear Friends It’s the time of the year when we at OGQ take stock of our operations and communicate with all of you who have supported us consistently and with so much heart. The performances of our athletes at the CWG 2018 has been praiseworthy. But both the athletes and we are aware that this is only the first test. There are bigger and more significant events like the Asian Games and other international tournaments and world championships to be played before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Our initiative ‘Coaches Excellence Programme’ has been very well received and this will help in creating an even more powerful and meaningful eco system specially at the grass root level. I am also pleased to share that we have also registered OGQ as a not for profit entity in USA and have a young and active NRI board who are committed to helping and supporting the OGQ movement. This is also a time for me to thank you all on behalf of the OGQ board for being behind the athletes over the past GEET SETHI ten years. 9 time Cue Sports World Cham pion Padma Shri, Khel Ratna Awardee The OGQ team exists for the athletes and exists because of you. Founder & Director - Olympic Gold Quest Warm Regards, Geet Sethi 02 Dear Friends, I am writing this note on the back of an excellent performance by India at the 2018 Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast, Australia. India finished a very creditable third position on the medal table behind Australia and England. If you look at several parameters in comparison to Glasgow 2014 – position on the medal (5th at Glasgow), total number of medals (66 in Gold Coast and 65 at Glasgow) and number of gold medals (26 at Gold Coast and 15 at Glasgow) - India has improved by leaps and bounds. Of those medals, 24 athletes supported by OGQ who went to the Gold Coast won a total of 19 medals including 11 gold medals. It was not just the medals that gave reason to cheer but more importantly, the quality of performances that fetched those medals. Wrestler Bajrang for instance won gold in the 65 kgs weight category without conceding a single point throughout the tournament. We have scaled up our efforts significantly. We are currently supporting 153 athletes across 9 individual sports. 62 are senior athletes and 91 are junior athletes aged 20 years and below who are part of the OGQ jun ior scholarship program. Our experience over the last 10 years has taught us that having a great coach is the most important ingredient in the mix to build Olympic champions. Last year, OGQ started the Coaches Excellence Program(CEP) where 20 VIREN RASQUINHA coaches in Badminton and Shooting have been carefully selected to strengthen the coaching system in India. Former India Hockey Captain, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to Neha Aggarwal who has joined the OGQ team earlier this year as Olympian, Head of Partnerships and Communication. Neha is an Olympian who represented India in Table Tennis at the Arjuna Awardee Beijing 2008 Olympics. She did her Masters in Sports Management from Columbia University, New York. Neha Director & CEO - Olympic Gold Quest has a deep understanding of Olympic sport and is a great asset to the team. This wonderful journey continues and the Asian Games which starts on 18th August 2018 in Indonesia is the next big milestone. I want to end this note by saying a big thank you to all OGQ supporters for your continued backing. None of this would be possible without your support. Warm Regards, Viren Rasquinha 03 G E O G R A P H I C A L D I S T R I B U T I O N Mapping of athletes supported by OGQ according to their training base 153 24 17 athletes cities states 04 TOTAL: 153 ATHLETES BREAK-UP OF 64 89 FEMALE MALE ATHLETES ATHLETES ATHLE TES SUPPORTED 42% 58% BY OGQ 2017-18 SENIOR JUNIOR SENIOR JUNIOR ARCHERY 05 03 06 07 21 BADMINTON 04 02 08 08 22 BOXING 02 07 04 13 26 SHOOTING 12 17 14 18 61 WRESTLING 01 06 04 07 18 WEIGHTLIFTING 01 00 00 00 01 TABLE-TENNIS 00 02 00 00 02 SWIMMING 00 01 00 00 01 ATHLETICS 01 00 00 00 01 MAJOR WORLD-CLASS EXPERT COACHING EQUIPMENT & TRAINING AREAS OF SUPPORT FUNDING FOR TAKING SPORTS SCIENCE, PART IN DOMESTIC & MEDICAL & INJURY INTERNATIONAL REHAB TOURNAMENTS 08 OGQ ARCHERY BADMINTON BOXING PRIORITY SPORTS SHOOTING WRESTLING 10 C O M M O N W E A L T H G A M E S 2 0 1 8 The year started with India featuring in the top 3 at the Commonw ealth Games 2018 held at Gold Coast, Australia. With 66 medals, India finished third behind leaders Australia and second-placed England, surpassing their own tally 64 medals at the Glasgow Games in 2014. The break-up of medals: 26 Gold, 20 Silver and 20 Bronze. India was the best nation in 5 disciplines: Shooting, Wrestling, Badminton, Weightlifting and Table Tennis and THE second best in Boxing. PERFORMANCE OF ATHLETES SUPPORTED BY OGQ AT CWG 2018: A total of 24 athletes supported by OGQ participated at CWG 201 8. 19 medals were won including 11 Gold BEGINNING medals. Athletes supported by OGQ contributed to 42% of Gold medals won by India. Interestingly, 11 female athletes supported by OGQ participated at the games and all of them won a medal. OF 4 Juniors supported by OGQ made it to the games and all 4 won a medal. At 15 years, Anish Bhanwala became the youngest Indian ever to grab a CWG Gold medal in Shooting (25m Rapid Fire Pistol). YEAR 218 24 11% ATHLETES FOR THE OGQ SUPPORTED OF TOTAL INDIAN CONTINGENT ATHLE TES STREN GTH 2018 26 11 42% GOLD MEDALS FOR GOLD MEDALS BY OF TOTAL INDI A OGQ SUPPORTED A THLETES GOLD M ED ALS 11 FELICITATION (L-R) Vidya Shah, Amol Palekar, Saina Nehwal, Rashesh Shah (L-R) AK Agarwala, PV Sindhu, RK Damani CEREMONY OF CWG 2018 MEDALISTS (L-R) Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala, Ashwini Ponnappa, Sachin Gupta (L-R) Geet Sethi, Pranaav Chopra, Anuj Magazine SUPPORTED B Y OGQ (L-R) Sandeep Bhatia, Gaurav Solanki, Kunal Premnarayen (L-R) Manish Sabade, Manish Kaushik, Milan Paleja 12 YOUR (L-R) Naveen Aranha, Robert Pavrey, Vinesh Phogat, Kalpraj Dharamshi (L-R) Siddhi Lad, Sumit Malik, Jaimin Bhatt SUPPORT POWERS INDIA'S (L-R) Arup Chauhan, Divya Kakran, Col. Rakesh Yadav CWG 2018 Medal winners supported by OGQ CHAMPIONS (L-R) Monik Koticha, Madhur Bajaj, Maana Patel, Shekhar Bajaj. Maana has CWG medalists along with all the kids who were present at the ceremony. been one of our promising athletes and an encouragement for the juniors. The moment was truly inspiring for the youngsters. 13 O G Q N E W I N T I A T I V E Financial Year 2017-18 15 1 Part-time Annual Program 6 Residential Workshops OGQ COAC HES 200+ Hours of Learning EXCELLENCE 109 Applications Received PROGRAM 20 Coaches Selected Vision Mission To empowe r high performance coaches by Accelerate dev elopment of Indian coaches enabling continuous learning and building a who can train athletes to become Olympic support system. champions. 16 About the Program OGQ launched Coaches Excellence P rogram (CEP) in September 2017, with an aim to create world class coaches for India in Badminton and Shooting. This is a one-year part time program which involve intensive classroom and on-court/on-range learning. A total of 20 coaches have been selected for the year 2017-18 after an intense selection process. 07 07 06 Badmin ton Rifle Pisto l Coaches Coache s Coache s CEP Trainers Our CEP trainers include : - Top foreign coaches - Current and former national coaches - Olympic medallists and top (retired) a thletes - Sports science and medical experts - Trainers in leadership and communic ation skills OGQ CEP is being offered free of cost to coaches. Knowledge Partners 17 FACULTY PROFILES: GAGAN ADLAKHA PRAKASH PADUKON E Senior Partner at V yaktitva, a Life/Executive coach to CXOs Former Badminton Wor ld No.1, All England Champion SUDHA SASTRI VIMAL KUMAR Coach-Mentor to CXOs, HR Advisory Specialist Former Nationa l Coach, Co-founder of PPBA NIKHIL LATEY IAN WRIGHT Sport Scientist & Physiotherapist at SportsMed Activ, Mumbai Director Deve lopment, Badminton World Federation JASON GREGORY YAP KIM HOCK S&C Trainer, Singa pore Sports School Former Badmint on Coach of Malaysia, Silver Medalist at Atlanta 1996 Olympics DECKLINE LEITAO S&C Specialist, Trai ned elite athletes like Saina Nehwal and KIM SEONIL Ashwini Ponappa Olympian, Fo rmer Head Coach of Korean National Team OUR EXPERTS: ANTON BELAK GAGAN NARAN G Former Nationa l Coach (Rifle) of Switzerland and Kuwait Shooting Legend, Bronze medalist at London 2012 Olympics RONAK PANDIT VIMAL KUMAR Renowned Pistol Coach, Gold Medalist at CWG 2006 Former Nationa l Coach, Co-founder of PPBA RAJENDRA KUMAR RAJENDRA KUMAR Head Coach at Pulle la Gopichand Badminton Academy Head Coach at Pulle la Gopichand Badminton Academy ARVIND BHATT UMENDRA RANA Co-Founder Whi te Peacock Badminton Academy Senior SAI coach c urrently deputed at PPBA SAMARESH JUNG PROGRAM TEAM: Shooting Luminary , Olympian AMIT MALIK Core Membe r, PGBA, Hyderabad BHASKAR BABU Former Badminto n Coach of Indian National Team DHARUNI GARIKAPATY COACHES Content Specialist Dr.