Homi Motivala

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Homi Dady Motivala (born 18 June 1958) is an Indian sportsperson in Yachting.

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. Together with Garg, he 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.

Motivala holds the rank of Commander with the Indian Navy. He received its gallantry award, the Shaurya Chakra, in 1983.

External links

A write-up on Homi Dady Motivala

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees

Abhinav Bindra
Anjali Bhagwat
Anju Bobby George
Dhanraj Pillay
Gagan Narang
Geet Sethi
Homi Motivala
Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
Karnam Malleswari
K. M. Beenamol
Kunjarani
Leander Paes
Manavjit Singh Sandhu
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Mary Kom
Pankaj Advani
Pullela Gopichand
Pushpendra Kumar Garg
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Ronjan Sodhi
Sachin Tendulkar
Saina Nehwal
Sushil Kumar
Vijay Kumar
Vijender Singh
Viswanathan Anand
Yogeshwar Dutt

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Name	Motivala, Homi Dady
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Short description	Indian yacht racer
Date of birth	18 June 1958
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