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{{short description|Indian volleyball player}}
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'''Arikapudi Ramana Rao''' (born 1 July 1945) is a former [[India]]n [[volleyball]] player.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/10/stories/2005111000410200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216201918/http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/10/stories/2005111000410200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2011|title=Volleyball is his passion |date=10 November 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=21 March 2010}}</ref> He was born in Chamallamudi village, [[Guntur district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He is a recipient of both the [[Arjuna Award]] for the year 1977–1978 and [[Dronacharya Award]] for the year 1990–1991.

Ramana Rao started playing volleyball after joining college. He graduated from Hindu College, Guntur in 1966. From the year 1966 to 1976 he participated in the National Volleyball Championships and Captained the Tamil Nadu State team consecutively for four years. He played for the Tamil Nadu State team which won the National Volleyball Championship title for the first time at [[Tiruchirapalli]] in 1976.

He was the head coach for the Indian men's volleyball team at the [[Asian Men's Volleyball Championship]] at [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] in 1991. He was also the first Indian volleyball coach to qualify as [[FIVB]] Instructor in the German Democratic Republic in 1986 and went on to conduct the International Coaches Courses in India and abroad. He was nominated as a Member AVC Coaches Committee of the Asian Volleyball Confideration (AVC) from 1993 to 1997.

Ramana Rao was nominated as the Director of the [[FIVB]] Regional Development Centre, in Chennai, India. Currently he is the President of Andhra Pradesh Volleyball Association.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/26/stories/2007032602861900.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421054608/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/26/stories/2007032602861900.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 April 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Ramana Rao elected APVA President |date=26 March 2007}}</ref> He is the Chairman, Coaching Committee, Volleyball Federation of India.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.volleyballindia.com/COACHING%20COMMITTEE%202009/MEET%20PHOTOS.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426072131/http://www.volleyballindia.com/COACHING%20COMMITTEE%202009/MEET%20PHOTOS.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2019-04-26 |title=Coaching Committee Pics }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101122144249/http://fivb.com/EN/Programmes/Development_centers/Dev_data_ind.asp FIVB Development Centres]
*[http://www.olympic.ind.in/drona.html Dronacharya Award]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100310130839/http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss2639/stories/20030927005300600.htm Volleyball Shows The Way]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110604221931/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/20/stories/2006052006260200.htm Spikers in the making]
*[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060808/asp/jamshedpur/story_6583316.asp Volley clinic for smashing success]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110604215644/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/01/20/stories/2007012002440400.htm Volleyball Tourney A Smash Hit]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101225083219/http://www.asianvolleyball.org/avc%20news/2009-03-11/238917.html FIVB call for more unity with Continental Confederations]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110725021920/http://www.asianvolleyball.org/Volleyball/2009-07-11/256723.html India ensures the success of World Jr. Men's Championship]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090718071325/http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/14/stories/2009071455780200.htm Volleyball hit by migration of players]
*[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/spike-up-india/494079/0 Spike-up-india]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110606121336/http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss3234/stories/20090822503002400.htm Playing in European leagues is the key]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091130202523/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/11/26/stories/2009112651321000.htm On a new course]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120304123027/http://www.vas.org.sg/news_news_detail.php?nid=126 FIVB Level 1 Coaches Course 2010]

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[[Category:1945 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian men's volleyball players]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Dronacharya Award]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]
[[Category:Volleyball players from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Indian sports coaches]]
[[Category:People from Guntur district]]

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