Asit Kumar Saha

Background

Asit was trained by his father Sudhir Saha, International coach, from a very young age at Panchanan Bayam Samity, Kolkata.

Career

He is now a wrestling coach in the State of West Bengal, India and the General Secretary of West Bengal Wrestling Association. In 1978, he obtained his International FILA wrestling coaching license from Iran. Asit managed the Indian wrestling team for the 1982 Asian Games held in Delhi.

Asit also managed the Indian Wrestling team at the 1987 South Asian Games held in Kolkata, India.

Further to this, he has managed the Indian wrestling team in several International Championships including World Championship. In 1987, Asit obtained his FILA Judge-Referee license at the Asian Wrestling Championships in Mumbai.

Currently, Asit Kumar Saha holds the following positions listed below -

General Secretary, West Bengal Wrestling Association

Vice President, Wrestling Federation of India

Vice President, Bengal Olympic Association

Asit started Women"s Wrestling in West Bengal. His trainee Runu Ghoroi is the first National Institute of Sports wrestling coach in the State of West Bengal.

Under his leadership, the 58th Senior National Wrestling Championship was held in Kolkata, India from the 14th - 17th November, 2013 at the Netaji Indoor Stadium after 75 years.

Achievements

• Asit was a State Champion from (1965-1973) in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. He won the bronze medal in the Senior National Wrestling Championship, 1969. India won 1 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals. India won 7 out of 9 gold medals in the Championship. Below is a list of some of his achievements. In the Bangla - Bangladesh tournament 2011 held at Barasaat, West Bengal won 6 out of 8 gold medals in women"s wrestling.