Anglian Medal Hunt Company

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Anglian Medal Hunt Company
Abbreviation AMHC
Formation 2012
Purpose Sports
Headquarters New Delhi
Region served
 India
Website www.anglianmedalhunt.com

Anglian Medal Hunt Company[1] often abbreviated as AMHC[2] is a sports management company based in New Delhi.

Formed through the mutual efforts of sports enthusiasts with a keen business acumen[citation needed], AMHC is the first for profit entity of its kind in India. Formed in January 2013, within a short period of two years AMHC is managing more than 40 athletes across disciplines such as athletics, boxing, shooting, badminton and tennis.

Anglian Medal Hunt promotes a strong sporting culture across the nation[citation needed] and has a very wide network of grassroots programs to identify young and upcoming talents with the potential of making it big internationally.

A few of its prodigious finds include 16-year-old athlete Beant Singh and Middle-distance runner Kisan Tadvi, both of whom won Gold in the First Asian Youth Athletics Championships in 2015. Other established names assisted by AMHC include boxing sensations Shiva Thapa and Devendro Singh, race walker Khushbir Kaur and ace shooters like Ronjan Sodhi and Manavjit Singh Sandhu among others.

Once the athletes are identified, AMHC assists them by taking responsibility of their Marketing and also advising them on matters related to travels, training and sponsorship and allows them to achieve the ultimate objective of winning medals in international competitions.

Conceptualization

AMHC was conceived through the joint efforts of sports enthusiasts with an eye for identifying business potential. Maneesh Bahuguna, Chief Executive Officer of AMHC and Sandeep Narang, Chairperson of the New Delhi based investment company Anglian Omega Group were two such men.

Introduced by a common friend, the two were immediately captivated by the idea of investing in sports. Narang had already reaped the benefits of buying a small brand and turning it into something big, having seen his brother purchase the Danish football club FC Vestsjælland for a small amount and gradually increasing its valuation manifold, before finally selling it for a sizeable profit.

Narang was willing to take this measured risk in Olympic sports as well, sold on the fact that there was no one else doing what Bahuguna proposed to do: create a for-profit company that would invest in Olympic athletes, take their brand international and capitalize on them as they grew under the Anglian umbrella.[3]

Although there were numerous Nonprofit organizations in the field, for a model that was sustainable in the long run, Bahuguna felt commercialization was an absolute necessity. Aware of the risks of making the company a commercial entity, the two decided to push forward with the idea nonetheless, with the vision of investing in the future and thus, the first ever for-profit company investing in Olympic sport was created in the country.

After having keenly observed and scouted the sports circuit in India for a considerable period, the Company decided to make its first signings in the promising talent of race walker Irfan Kolothum Thodi and the upcoming boxer Shiva Thapa in 2013.

The Company has also been involved in promoting sports in charity events, with its Olympian athletes K.T. Irfan, Shiva Thapa and M. R. Poovamma having volunteered to run alongside visually impaired children in the Salwan Cross Country Marathon 2013 in New Delhi.[4][5]

After a series of strong performances in the Commonwealth Games 2014, Asian Games, and the First Asian Youth Athletics Championships, the Company's athletes are presently training for the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro.

Achievements

AMHC’s sportspeople have maintained consistent world rankings. Its boxers Shiva Thapa and Devendro Singh are ranked World No. 3 by AIBA.[6] Shiva Thapa and Sumit Sangwan were facilitated by the Company into participating in the World Series of Boxing in 2014, becoming the first ever athletes from India to take part in the league.[7][8] [9] [10]

In 2013, Shiva Thapa and Sumit Sangwan reached the quarterfinals of the World Amateur Boxing Championships. Mandeep Jhangra, also supported by Anglian Medal Hunt Company, entered round 2 of the competition.[11][12][13][14][15][16]

AMHC's group of sportspersons includes renowned athletes like Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awardee and former World No. 1 double trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi,[17] as well as prodigies like badminton player Aditya Joshi and ace shot putter Inderjeet Singh who was one of the first Indians to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

In February 2014, the Company celebrated its completion of one year of operation with a gala event involving big brands and sporting celebrities.[18][19]

Anglian Medal Hunt Company's major corporate partnerships include TK Sports, Dhampur Sugar Mills, and United Colors of Benetton.

A list of a few of the Company's athletes' best performances (as of May 2015) are as follows:-

Athletes

Athlete Personal Best Event Category
Irfan Kolothum Thodi 01:20.21 2012 London Olympics 20km Race Walk
Khushbir Kaur 01:31:40 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Taicang 20km Race Walk
Kisan Tadvi 08:23:50 3000m
Navjeet Kaur Dhillon 56.36m 2014 IAAF World Junior Championship, Eugene Discus
Inderjeet Singh 20.65m 19th Federations Cup, Mangalore Shot Put
Arpinder Singh 17.17m 2014 National Inter State Championship, Lucknow Triple Jump
M.R Poovamma 51.73s 2013 National Inter State Championship, Lucknow 400m
Anjana Thamke 02:11:47 AM 2013 Asian Youth Games, Nanjing 800m
Durga Deore 04:34:05 12th National Youth Athletics Championship, Goa 1500m
Sanjeevani Jadhav 16.36 - 5000m
Dutee Chand 11.62s National Senior Athletics Championship, Ranchi 100m
23.72s 200m

Boxers

Boxer AIBA Ranking Weight/Category
Mandeep Jangra 6 69kg/ Welterweight
Manoj Kumar 6 64kg/ Middleweight
Shiva Thapa 3 56kg/ Bantamweight
Gaurav Bhidhuri 21 52kg/ Flyweight
Devendro Singh 6 49kg/ Light Flyweight
Sumit Sangwan 10 79.4kg/ Light Heavyweight
Pinki Jangra - 51kg/ Flyweight
Prayag Chauhan - 60kg/ Lightweight

-Shooters

Shooter Best Performances Event Category
Ronjan Sodhi Gold 2010 ISSF World Cup, Izmir Double Trap
2010 Asian Games, Guangzhou Double Trap
2011 ISSF World Cup, Al Ain Double Trap
Silver 2010 Commonwealth Games, New Delhi Double Trap
2012 ISSF World Cup, Marribor Double Trap
Manavjeet Singh Sandhu Gold 1998 Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lampur Trap
2010 ISSF World Cup, Acapulco Trap
2014 ISSF World Cup, Tucson Trap
Silver 1998 Asian Games, Bangkok Trap(team)
2002 Asian Games, Busan Trap(team)
2006 Asian Games, Doha Trap(team)
2010 Commonwealth Games, New Delhi Trap
Malaika Goel Silver 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow 10m Air Pistol
Anisa Sayyed Gold 2010 Commonwealth Games, New Delhi 25m Pistol(Pair)
2010 Commonwealth Games, New Delhi 25m Pistol
Bronze 2014 Asian Games, Incheon 25m Pistol(Team)

Facilities

Anglian Medal Hunt Company provides training, procurement of equipment and requisite international exposure. The organisation follows strict criteria for its selection of medal-prospective athletes, who are then trained by a highly credible[citation needed] network of mentors, physiotherapists and mental conditioners.

AMHC also conducts medical tests for its athletes, based on which each athlete is given a customized diet plan. It advises athletes on anti-doping measures including awareness on WADA-prohibited substances.

All of AHMC’s athletes receive mind-training, sessions with nutritionists and physiotherapists, kits and food supplements.

In addition to this, the junior athletes are also put in national camps: the AHMC requests the Sports Authority of India (SAI), proves that the athlete is not a misfit at that level, and pays the SAI a subsidized fee (to allow the athlete to train at their elite-level national camp, which is otherwise meant only for the national team).[citation needed]

Supported athletes

Some of the athletes supported by Anglian Medal Hunt Company:[2][20][21][22][23]

Athletics

  1. KT Irfan, 20 km Walk
  2. Khushbir Kaur, 20 km Walk[24]
  3. Inderjeet Singh, Shot Put
  4. M. R. Poovamma, 400m
  5. Navjeet Kaur Dhillon, Discus
  6. Arpinder Singh, Triple Jump
  7. Kisan Tadvi, 1500m, 3000m, 5000m
  8. Beant Singh, 800m
  9. Anjana Thamke, 400m and 800m[25][26][27]
  10. Durga Deore, 800m
  11. Dutee Chand, 100m[28]
  12. Sanjeevani Jadhav, 3000m, 5000m, 10,000m
  13. Nirbhay Singh, Discus
  14. Shakti Solanki, Shot Put

Boxing

  1. Devendro Singh, Light flyweight[29][30]
  2. Sumit Sangwan, Light heavyweight
  3. Gaurav Bidhuri, Flyweight
  4. Shiva Thapa, Bantamweight[31][32][33][34][35]
  5. Prayag Chauhan, Lightweight
  6. Mandeep Jangra, Welterweight
  7. Pinki Rani, Flyweight
  8. Manoj Kumar, Light Welterweight

Shooting

  1. Ronjan Sodhi, Double Trap
  2. Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Trap
  3. Mampi Das
  4. Samarjeet Singh
  5. Anisa Sayyed[36]
  6. Malaika Goel

Badminton

  1. Aditya Joshi
  2. Simran Singhi

Cricket

  1. Rudra Bidhuri

Tennis

  1. Ankita Raina

Cycling

  1. Deborah, Time Trial, Sprint, Karem

Notes

  1. ↑ From The Hindu newspaper New venture to help athletes
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 From The Business Standard newspaper AHMC takes 12 Indian athletes under its wing
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  20. ↑ From Deccan Chronicle newspaper AHMC takes 12 Indian athletes under its wing
  21. ↑ From Times of India newspaper AHMC takes 12 Indian athletes under its wing
  22. ↑ Video on FirstPost website
  23. ↑ From Sportskeeda website Anglian Medal Hunt to develop future Olympic prospects - signed first 3 athletes!
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