About Achutha Kurup
Achutha Kurup was a volleyball player and volleyball coach.
Achutha Kurup was an Indian volleyball player and former coach of the India national volleyball team. He is a retired Navy officer and has also served as the Director and Coach of Bengaluru SAI.
He died on 14 November 2017 at the age of 75 in Bangalore, Karnataka. The team under him also won silver in the International Friendship Volleyball Championship held in Japan in 1989. He also coached the team at the 10th Don Republic Championship in Iran.
Achutha Kurup also coached the Indian women's volleyball team at the 1982 Delhi Asian Games. His wife Kusum, who played volleyball for Punjab, was a volleyball coach at SAI. His son Anandakurup and daughter Aaradhana kurup are national volleyball players. Achutha Kurup's brother Gopi was also a volleyball player.
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Indian volleyball player
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Achutha Kurup died in 2017.
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