1. Mansoor Ahmed Batt was a field hockey player and captain of the Pakistan national hockey team.
19 Facts About Mansoor Ahmed
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Mansoor Ahmed played 338 International matches and participated in three Olympic Games.
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Mansoor Ahmed became the recipient of a bronze medal in 1992 Olympic Games.
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Mansoor Ahmed played three consecutive World Cups and won 1994 World Cup Hockey Championship.
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Mansoor Ahmed played 10 Champions Trophy games and won gold medal in 1994.
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Mansoor Ahmed played three Asian Games and won a gold medal in 1990 at Beijing, China.
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Mansoor Ahmed was declared All Asian Stars Hockey Team member in 1996 and declared World Eleven Hockey team members in 1994.
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Mansoor Ahmed was declared four times as the best goalkeeper of the tournament in his career.
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Mansoor Ahmed was the flag carrier of the Pakistani contingent at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
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Mansoor Ahmed was awarded the Pride of Performance by the President of Pakistan in 1994.
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Mansoor Ahmed was the national hockey coach of Pakistan junior hockey team in 2000 and was appointed as specialist goalkeeper coach of Bangladesh national hockey team in 2014.
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Mansoor Ahmed was appointed director of Pakistan Hockey Federation's hockey academies in 2010.
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Besides a player, Mansoor Ahmed was a social activist and worked as an ambassador with different organizations like "Right to Play" and "Athlete Ambassador".
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Mansoor Ahmed was appointed as an ambassador for 'No Smoking Campaign' by the Government of Pakistan.
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Mansoor Ahmed had the honour to be announced as speaker for FIFA World Cup 2022, Qatar.
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Mansoor Ahmed was invited as a guest for Special Olympics World Games, Los Angeles, US in 2015.
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On 22 April 2018, Mansoor Ahmed revealed that he needed a heart transplant and was seeking a medical visa from the Government of India.
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Mansoor Ahmed was under treatment at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in Karachi.
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Mansoor Ahmed died on 12 May 2018, in Karachi, Pakistan.