P. Bharathan Nair

P. Bharathan Nair was an Indian volleyball player and captain of the India national volleyball team. He was part of the Indian team that won a bronze medal at the 1958 Asian Games. As of 2021, He is the only Indian volleyball player to have participated in the World Championship and the Asian Games.[1]

P. Bharathan Nair
Personal information
NationalityIndian
BornChanganassery, Kottayam district, Kerala, India
HometownChanganassery
National team
India
Honours
Representing  India
Asian Games
1958 Asian GamesTeam Competition

Biography

He was born in Puzhavathu, Changanassery in Kottayam district of Kerala, India.[2] His son Praveen says he was a long jumper and swimmer when he was young.[3] He joined the Indian Railways and was posted to Mumbai.[4]

He died in 2007, at the age of 81.

Career as a volleyball player

Bharathan Nair made his senior national debut in 1955.[3] He was part of the Indian team that won a bronze medal at the 1958 Asian Games and he also played in the 1956 World Volleyball Championship in Paris. [3] He captained the Indian volleyball team at the 1963 Pre-Olympic qualifiers in New Delhi.[3] Bharathan captained the Services team when it won the national title in Allahabad in 1956.[3]

Honours

In 2020, the Changanassery Municipal Council passed a resolution to name a road in Bharathan Nair's birthplace after him.[2]

References
  1. "അഭിമാനങ്ങളുടെ പേരുണ്ട്, എന്നാൽ പേരില്ലാതെ ഈ റോഡുകൾ". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam).
  2. Sep 5, PTI /. "Roads named after Olympian Anju Bobby George, volleyball player Bharathan Nair in Kerala | Off the field News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. "Kerala roads named after Anju Bobby George, volleyball player Bharathan Nair". The News Minute. 7 September 2020.
  4. Rayan, Stan. "Roads named after Anju Bobby George, P. Bharathan Nair in Changanassery". Sportstar.
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