Ripudaman Singh Aulakh

Born: 7 June 1954

He is an athletics coach from the village Karadwala in Sriganganagar, Rajasthan.
He is a recipient of the Dronacharya Award, by the government of India.
He is India’s only Dronacharya awardee coach for para-sports.
In the early days, he won school national gold in Shot put, Discus throw, and Basketball.
In college days, He became an Outstanding National Athlete because of his great achievements in sports like athletics, handball, volleyball, weightlifting, basketball at Uni. level and National level.
He won gold medals in athletics events like Shot put, Discus throw, Javelin Throw in Punjabi University, Patiala, and the University of Rajasthan.
In weightlifting, he won a silver medal in All India Inter Uni. Weightlifting Championship.
In Handball he won a gold medal for Punjabi University with the best player of the tournament.
In Volleyball he won a gold medal for Punjabi University and play for the rest of the India team.
He played for Rajasthan Basketball Team with basketball players like Hanuman Singh and Ajmer Singh and he won 3 national gold and 1 silver medal for Rajasthan.
He was trained by coaches like Mr. Bhura Singh, Mr. Kenneth Owen Bosen, and Mr. Sagar Sir.