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'''Homi Dady Motivala''' (born 18 June 1958) is an Indian sportsperson in [[Yachting]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Garg|first1=Chitra|title=Indian champions : profiles of famous Indian sportspersons|date=2010|publisher=Rajpal & Sons|location=Delhi|isbn=9788170288527|pages=365–366}}</ref><br />
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He received the [[Arjuna award]] for best performance in yachting for the year 1993, the [[Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna]] award jointly with [[P. K. Garg]] for ''overall'' best performance in sports for the year 1994–95<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Rajiv Khel Ratna Awardees|url=http://www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/downfile.asp?link_temp_id=553|website=Sports Authority of India|accessdate=28 February 2017|archive-date=12 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012110729/http://sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/downfile.asp?link_temp_id=553|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the [[Dronacharya Award]] for "Coaching excellence in Yachting" for the year 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Sports Awards|url=http://www.yai.org.in/national-sports-awards|website=Yachting Association of India|accessdate=28 February 2017}}</ref> Together with Garg, he won the bronze medal in the enterprise class at the 1990 and 1994 [[Asian Games]] held at [[Beijing]] and [[Hiroshima]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=Asian Games Sailing|url=http://www.yai.org.in/asian-games-sailing.html|website=Yachting Association of India|accessdate=28 February 2017}}</ref> They were also the world champions in the same class in 1993.<br />
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Motivala holds the rank of Commander with the [[Indian Navy]]. He received its gallantry award, the [[Shaurya Chakra]], in 1983.<br />
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[[Category:1958 births]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male sailors (sport)]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Dronacharya Award]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Parsi sportsmen]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Khel Ratna Award]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in sailing]]<br />
[[Category:Sailors at the 1986 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Sailors at the 1990 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Sailors at the 1994 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Shaurya Chakra]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]<br />
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