{"id":511,"date":"2018-04-21T06:33:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T06:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/?p=511"},"modified":"2024-01-07T12:12:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T12:12:18","slug":"maneyapanda-muthanna-somaiah-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/maneyapanda-muthanna-somaiah-hockey\/","title":{"rendered":"Maneyapanda Muthanna Somaya-Hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/maneyapanda\/\">Maneyapanda<\/a> Muthanna Somaya a famous Kodava <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/sportspersons-international\/\">sportsperson<\/a> was born on 8th May 1959 in Kodagu. He&nbsp;is a former&nbsp;Indian&nbsp;field <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-512 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/download-152x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"83\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/download-152x300.jpg 152w, https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/download.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 83px) 100vw, 83px\" \/>hockey&nbsp;player from&nbsp;Kodagu,&nbsp;Karnataka.<\/p>\n<h2>Family<\/h2>\n<h3>Father:<\/h3>\n<p>Maneyapanda Ponappa Muthanna<\/p>\n<h3>Mother:<\/h3>\n<p>Gangamma (Thamane: Codanda)<\/p>\n<h3>Brother:<\/h3>\n<p>Cariappa (Pravin)<\/p>\n<h3>Wife:<\/h3>\n<p>Shami (Thamane: Kutetira)<\/p>\n<h3>Son:<\/h3>\n<p>Harsha<\/p>\n<h3>Date of Birth<\/h3>\n<p>8th May 1959<\/p>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<h3>School<\/h3>\n<p>St Mary&#8217;s Boys high school Mumbai<\/p>\n<h3>College<\/h3>\n<p>St.Xavier&#8217;s college. Mumbai<\/p>\n<h2>Achievements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>He was a member of Indian hockey squad in many international games, including the team that won the Gold medal at the&nbsp;1980 Moscow Summer Olympic Games.<\/li>\n<li>Somaya also played two Olympic Games, The 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games, and 1988 Seoul Summer Olympic Games.<\/li>\n<li>He was the captain of the 1988 Olympics team and was placed in 6th position.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Awards<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2007 Somaya was awarded the Life Time Achievement award by the&nbsp;Petroleum Sports Promotion Board.<\/li>\n<li>He is also a recipient of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/arjuna-awards\/\">Arjuna Award<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Carrer&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Served with Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd for over three decades and retired as an Executive Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maneyapanda Muthanna Somaya a famous Kodava sportsperson was born on 8th May 1959 in Kodagu. 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