Homi Motivala

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Commander Homi Dady Motivala (b.18 June 1958 and sometimes spelt Homi D. Motiwala) is an Indian sportsperson in Yachting. As a distinguished sportsperson, he received the Arjuna award for best performance in Yachting for the year 1993, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award jointly with P. K. Garg for overall best performance in sports for the year 1994-95 and the Dronacharya Award for Coaching excellence in Yachting for the year 2002. He formed a team with P. K. Garg and won the bronze medal in the enterprise class at the 1990 and 1994 Asian Games held at Beijing and Hiroshima respectively. They were also the world champions in the same class in 1993. He is with the Indian Navy and is a recipient of the gallantry award, Shaurya Chakra in 1983.

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