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Om Prakash Bhardwaj
Om Prakash Bhardwaj is a famous Indian boxing coach and received the highest honour- the Dronacharya Award, in 1985 from the Government of India for his services.

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Om Prakash Bhardwaj, Indian BoxerO.P. Bhardwaj or Om Prakash Bhardwaj, as he is also known as, is a Boxing coach from India. He received the highest award for coaching of athletes and sports- the Dronacharya Award, in 1985 from the Government of India.

Career as a Coach for Om Prakash Bhardwaj
Om Prakash Bhardwaj remained at the helm of National Boxing from 1968 to 1989. During the time he was at the top of affairs for Indian boxing, the boxers has been placed on the top slot medals tally in the Asian Games (1970-1986), Mini Commonwealth Games ( Brisbane, 1982), Kings Cup (Bangkok, 1982) and SAF Games ( Calcutta, 1987).

He was also instrumental in founding the Boxing Coaching Department at the National Institute of Sports, Patiala, where he trained the pupil and held the position of head coach from 1975 to 1988. Over the years, throughout his entire coaching career, he was trained around 15,000 boxers in the country. Mr. Bhardwaj also taught some basic techniques of boxing to Rahul Gandhi, son of Sonia Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, and bother of Priyanka Vadra.

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