{"id":519,"date":"2018-04-21T09:45:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T09:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/?p=519"},"modified":"2020-11-02T12:01:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T12:01:42","slug":"chendanda-nikkin-thimmaiah-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/chendanda-nikkin-thimmaiah-hockey\/","title":{"rendered":"Chendanda Nikkin Thimmaiah &#8211; Hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/chendan%e1%b8%8da-okka\/\">Chendanda<\/a> Nikkin Thimmaiah, a famous Kodava <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/sportspersons-international\/\">sportsperson<\/a> was born on 18 January 1991 in Kodagu. A professional Indian&nbsp;field <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/sportspersons-international\/\">Hockey<\/a> player who plays at the forward position. He is a&nbsp; talented <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/sportspersons-international\/\">sportsman<\/a> that he also shined in athletics. He even won silver medal in Open National Athletics championship.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Family<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Father<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-520 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Nikkin-Thimmaiah2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"250\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Chendanda Aiyanna<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Education<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">He is a graduate from St Joseph\u2019s commerce&nbsp;college, Bangalore.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Before he started as a hockey player he was an athlete who had won 400 meters junior Open Nationals. His father Mr Aiyanna was the former ASC player. &nbsp;Thimmaiah who plays as a&nbsp;forward was named in the Indian squad for the&nbsp;2016 Summer Olympics. Nikkin Thimmaiah, a product of SAI, Bangalore Played in the Rio Olympics after he proved his class in the <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/sportspersons-international\/\">Hockey<\/a> Champions Trophy. He also figured in the 2014 Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Achievements<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;International &nbsp;tournaments<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;The 9<sup>th<\/sup> Men\u2019s ASIA CUP in 2103 <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;The Hockey World League Final 2014.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Domestic tournaments&nbsp;<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">2nd <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/sportspersons-international\/\">hockey<\/a>&nbsp;India Senior Men&nbsp; National Championship 2012 (BRONZE).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">3rd <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/sportspersons-international\/\">hockey&nbsp;<\/a>India Senior Men&nbsp; National Championship 2013 (BRONZE)<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Individual Achievements<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">He was credited as the best forward in the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Hockey India Senior Men National Championship in 2013.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>National Camps<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Senior National Camp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Award<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/ekalavya-award\/\">Ekalavya Award<\/a> &#8211; 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">He also supported his family team (Chendanda) to clinch their maiden title in Kodava family Hockey Tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chendanda Nikkin Thimmaiah, a famous Kodava sportsperson was born on 18 January 1991 in Kodagu. 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