FULL NAME: Jose Jacob
GENDER: Male
BORN: Date not known
PRESENT ADDRESS: SAI Water Sports Centre, Jagatpur, Cuttack, Odisha, India
PERMANENT ADDRESS: At/PO- Athirampuzha, Dist- Kottyam , Kerala.
TELEPHONE: 94381-23813 (Mobile)
E-MAIL: josejacob.rowing@gmail.com
FAMILY: Wife (Rosamma Jacob), one son and one daughter.
PROFESSION: SAI coach
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS ROWER:
* Joined Madras Engineering Group as basketball player in 1983, but represent Indian Army as a rower from 1983 to 1989.
* Won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals in National Rowing Championships in the 80s.
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS ROWING COACH:
* Under his tutelage, Odisha rowers have bagged 20 international and 244 national medals so far. The medals include 125 gold, 74 silver and 65 bronze.
* Under his guidance as a coach, Odisha won the team title in the National rowing championship for a record 13 times.
* His desciples include Pratima Puhana, Pramila Prava Minz, Pravasini Dwivedi and many more.
OTHER IMPORTNAT DATA:
* President of India Pranab Mukherjee conferred on him the Dronacharya Award at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on August 29, 2014. The award carried statuettes, citation and cash prize of Rs 5 lakh.
* He was conferred with the Biju Patnaik Sports Award for Outstanding Coach for the Year for 2013 by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar on August 29, 2014. The award carried a cheque of Rs 1 lakh.
In his absence, Martin Kujur received the award.
* Good Samaritan Trust felicitated him with a cash award of Rs 25,000 in Bhubaneswar on July 14, 2012.
* Started his sports career as a basketball player before switching over to basketball.
* Represented Kerala in National Basketball Championship.
* Appointed as the coach of Karnataka state rowing team, which was actually an Army team and continued till 1999.
* Took voluntary retirement from Army in 1999.
* Joined Jagatpur SAI Watersports Centre as a rowing coach in the year 2000.
* He is a Level-II international rowing coach and has done the SAI certificate course in rowing.
PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: January 8, 2012.
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: September 5, 2014