Sunil Dabas

Sunil Dabas is a coach of national female Kabbadi team of India. Over the years, she has coached her team to win seven international gold medals, including the 2010 Asian Games and the World Cup-2012.

Biography Dabas was born and brought up in Birhar Majra (formally Mohammadpur Majra ) village in Beri tehsil, of Jhajjar district, Haryana, India. After her schooling at her native village, she did her M.A. and Master of Physical Education (MPhEd), from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, thereafter she did her M.Phil. from Kurukshetra University, and Ph.D. in sports psychology from Agra University.

Career

She has been the coach of national female kabaddi team since 2005. Under her, the team won seven gold medals in international championships which include 2006 South Asian Games, 2nd Asian Championship in 2007, 3rd Asian Championship in 2007, 2009 South Asian Games, 2010 Asian Games, 2012 Women's Kabaddi World Cup and 4th Indoor Asian Games in 2013.

Awards She was awarded Dronacharya Award for excellence in sports coaching, by the Government of India, in 2012. She was the first woman coach from Haryana and the fourth in India to receive such award. She received Sports Women Achiever Award 2014 from the Government of Haryana.