{"id":4218,"date":"2018-09-21T11:22:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T11:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/?p=4218"},"modified":"2019-05-21T11:02:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T11:02:23","slug":"mukatira-darshan-aiyappa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/mukatira-darshan-aiyappa\/","title":{"rendered":"Mukatira Darshan Aiyappa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/mane-pedha\/\">Mukatira<\/a> Darshan Aiyappa a famous Kodava <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/sportspersons-international\/\">sportsperson<\/a> was&nbsp; born on 5<sup>th<\/sup> April 1989, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/kodava-hockey-festival\/\">hockey<\/a> player who debuted for the Indian team<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4221 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Darshan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"179\"> in the Asian Champions Trophy, Doha, Qatar. He holds the <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/ekalavya-award\/\">Ekalavya<\/a> award to his credit .He was gifted a <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/kodava-hockey-festival\/\">hockey<\/a> stick by his parents when he secured a rank in class 7 which changed his sporting choice. Till then, Aiyappa used to play only Cricket and Basketball.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Family<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Father<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Mukatira N Biddappa<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mother<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Mukatira Sudha Biddappa<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Wife<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Mukatira Shruthi Aiyappa<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Education<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Did his schooling from St Joseph\u2019s College Bangalore, 2005<\/li>\n<li>Completed his BA (Bachelor\u2019s degree) from St Joseph\u2019s Arts and science college Bangalore in 2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Career<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>He joined the SAI Sports Hostel where his career looked brighter and got selected for Karnataka State.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Achievements<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>He represented Karnataka State in both Junior and Senior Nationals, where his team reached the finals<\/li>\n<li>In 2011 he won Silver medal in first Senior Nationals<\/li>\n<li>In 2012 he won Bronze medal in Second Senior Nationals<\/li>\n<li>In 2013 he won Bronze medal in Third Senior Nationals<\/li>\n<li>In 2014 he won Silver medal in Fourth Senior Nationals<\/li>\n<li>He was a part of Doha team that won the Silver<\/li>\n<li>He participated in many all India tournaments like Surjith memorial Tournament, Beton cup , Ranjith Singh Tournament, MCC Murugappa gold, Tejbahadur Tournament, Abadulla CM cup , Banglore cup etc<\/li>\n<li>He won a silver medal in Bombay Gold cup 2015 -16<\/li>\n<li>He was picked by Ric Charlesworth (World No.1 coach) to be a part of Mumbai Marines team in the <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/kodava-hockey-festival\/\">Hockey<\/a> India League<\/li>\n<li>HIL 1st edition played for Mumbai magician team<\/li>\n<li>HIL 2nd edition played for Mumbai magician team<\/li>\n<li>HIL 3 rd edition played for Ranchi Rays &#8211; gold medal<\/li>\n<li>HIL 4th edition played for Punjab Warriors -gold medal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Received the Karnataka Olympics Accociation Award in 2015<\/li>\n<li>He was honoured with Kempegowda Award in 2017<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;He received the <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/ekalavya-award\/\">Ekalavya<\/a> Award in 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mukatira Darshan Aiyappa a famous Kodava sportsperson was&nbsp; born on 5th April 1989, is a hockey player who debuted for the Indian team in the Asian Champions Trophy, Doha, Qatar. 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