FULL NAME: Amulya Kumar Behera
GENDER: Male
DATE OF BIRTH: 15th May, 1967 (Source: Self)
PARENTS: Father (Banchhanidhi Behera), Mother (Subarnee Behera)
HOME ADDRESS: At- Devi Nagar, PO- Chhatrapur, Dist- Ganjam, Odisha, India. PIN- 761020
PRESENT ADDRESS: District Sports Office, Jajpur, Odisha
TELEPHONE: 98533-13307
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Master of Arts (History)
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION: Diploma in Coaching (Hockey) from Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports, Kolkata, 1990-91
ROLE IN THE SPORT: Hockey coach
PROFESSION: Serving as hockey coach in Odisha Council of Sports since September 4, 1991. At present functioning as District Sports Officer in-charge, Deogarh.
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS HOCKEY PLAYER:
* Represented Berhampur University in the Inter-University Hockey Championship five times from 1983-84 to 1988-89.
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS HOCKEY COACH:
* He was the coach of the Hockey Gangpur-Odisha team that won the Gold medal in the Hockey India 6th Sub-Junior Men National Championship (Division-A), held at Imphal from May 14 to 22, 2016.
* He was the coach of the Odisha team that won the Gold medal in the Sub-Junior National Hockey Championship twice in 1997-98 and 2014-15).
* He was coach of the Odisha hockey team that emerged champions twice in the All India Rural Sports Meet in 1995-96 and 1997-98.
* Also guded Odisha State teams as coach in Junior & Senior National Hockey Championships many times.
* Groomed 11 international hockey players, including Olympians Ignace Tirkey and William Xalxo.
* Other nine international players he groomed are: Prabodh Tirkey, Sunil Ekka, Jyoti Sunita Kullu, Bimla Prava Barla, Suchita Bilung, Sumitra Minz, Paulina Surin, Sunil Jojo and Sudeep Chirmako.
* Also groomed numerous National level hockey players from Odisha.
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
* He was honoured with the Kamal Ganguly Memorial Sports Award 2023 as Outstanding Coach by Saheed Sporting Club in Bhubaneswar on 25 February 2024.
PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 12 April 2016
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 28 February 2024