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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Gopal Purushottam Phadke<br />
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| birth_place = [[Pune]], Maharashtra, India<br />
| death_date = 20 October 2009<br />
| death_place = Pune, Maharashtra, India<br />
| restingplace = Vaikunth crematorium, Pune<br />
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| occupation = Sports coach<br />
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| known for = [[Kho Kho]]<br />
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| children = Two sons<br />
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Dronacharya Award]]<br />
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'''Gopal Purushottam Phadke''' was an Indian sports coach from [[Pune]], in the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="Diligent Media Corporation">{{cite web | url=http://dnasyndication.com/showarticlerss.aspx?nid=oZWt6UYL6Hh5R/9PvU9SNQq8cvAHVVvqdQ3dPulsfYhijo7c= | title=Diligent Media Corporation | publisher=Diligent Media Corporation | date=21 October 2009 | access-date=11 February 2015}}</ref> He was a specialist coach of [[kho kho]], a sports of Indian origin as well as of other sports disciplines such as swimming, [[Mallakhamb]] and [[Kabbaddi]].<ref name="DNA">{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-dronacharya-awardee-wants-sunil-mittals-number-1149452 | title=DNA | publisher=DNA | date=6 February 2008 | access-date=11 February 2015}}</ref> After securing a diploma in engineering, he worked at the [[Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation]] (MSRTC), but left the company to take up sports coaching as a full-time job.<ref name="Diligent Media Corporation" /> He was reported to have provided coaching to physically handicapped children in swimming using a custom built tank constructed at his own expense and is credited with efforts in popularising the sport in other countries such as Australia.<ref name="DNA" /> He was involved with Arya Krida Dharak Mandal, an organization which promoted kho kho and other sports<ref name="AKDM">{{cite web | url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20091020/1364963.html | title=AKDM | publisher=Web India | date=20 October 2009 | access-date=11 February 2015}}</ref> and was a member of the advisory committees of [[All India Radio]], [[Doordarshan]] and the selection committee of Dronacharya award.<ref name="Diligent Media Corporation" /> He died on 20 October 2009 at his residence in Pune, succumbing to [[liver cirrhosis]]. He received the [[Dronacharya Award]], the highest Indian award for sports coaching, in 2000,<ref name="Press Information Bureau">{{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2001/raug2001/02082001/r0208200121.html | title=Press Information Bureau | publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India |year=2001 | access-date=11 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/08/03/stories/07030969.htm | archive-url=https://archive.today/20150211103251/http://www.thehindu.com/2001/08/03/stories/07030969.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 February 2015 | title= Khel Ratna for Gopi Chand | date=3 August 2001 | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=14 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="Web India">{{cite web | url=http://www.webindia123.com/government/award/asp/sports_result.asp?award=0&field=0&y_year=1 | title=Web India | publisher=Web India |year=2015 | access-date=11 February 2015}}</ref> the only coach from the sport of kho kho to receive the award.<ref name="DNA" /> A former vice president of the ''All India Association of Dronacharya Awardees'',<ref name="Tribune">{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070729/sports.htm#14 | title=Tribune | work=The Express Tribune | date=29 July 2007 | access-date=11 February 2015}}</ref> Phadke was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2003 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |year=2015 |access-date=6 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Kho Kho]]<br />
* [[Kabaddi]]<br />
* [[Mallakhamb]]<br />
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Pune]]<br />
[[Category:Indian sports coaches]]<br />
[[Category:Deaths from cirrhosis]]<br />
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