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{{short description|Pakistani field hockey player}}
{{distinguish|Manzoor Ahmed}}
{{for|the cricketer|Mansoor Ahmed (cricketer)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson
|image=Mansoor Ahmed.jpg
|nationality = Pakistani
|birth_date={{birth date|1968|1|7|df=y}}
|birth_place=[[Karachi]]
|death_date={{death date and age|2018|5|12|1968|1|7|df=y}}
|death_place=[[Karachi]] 
|sport = [[field hockey]]
|show-medals=yes
|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's [[field hockey]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[Field hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | Team Competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey World Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1990 Men's Hockey World Cup|1990 Lahore]]| Team Competition}}
{{MedalGold|[[1994 Men's Hockey World Cup|1994 Sydney]]| Team Competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey Junior World Cup]]}}
{{MedalBronze|1985 Vancouver|Team Competition}}
{{MedalBronze|1989 Ipoh|Team Competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Field hockey at the 1990 Asian Games|1990 Beijing]]|Team competition}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Field hockey at the 1986 Asian Games|1986 Seongnam]]|Team competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey Champions Trophy]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1996 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|1996 Madras]]| Team Competition}}
{{MedalGold|[[1994 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|1994 Lahore]]|Team Competition}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1992 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|1992 Karachi]]|Team Competition}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1988 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|1988 Lahore]]|Team Competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|Indira Gandhi Gold Cup}}
{{MedalGold|1988|Team Competition}}
{{MedalGold|1989| Team Competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's Hockey Asia Cup|Hockey Asia Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1989 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|1989 New Delhi]]| Team Competition}}
}}

'''Mansoor Ahmed Batt''' (7 January 1968 – 12 May 2018) was a hockey player.<ref name="Dawn"/><ref name="Geo">{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/195115-hockey-legend-mansoor-ahmed-passes-away-after-prolonged-illness|title=Hockey legend Mansoor Ahmed passes away after prolonged illness|publisher=Geo News|date=12 May 2018|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref><ref name=Dawn3/>

==Career==
Ahmed played as a [[goalkeeper (field hockey)|goalkeeper]] and [[Captain (sports)|Captain]] for the Pakistan national hockey team from 1986 to 2000. He played 338 International matches and participated in three Olympic Games. He became the recipient of a bronze medal in [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Olympic Games]]. Ahmed played three consecutive World Cups and won [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994 World Cup]] Hockey Championship (World Cup). Also won silver medal in 1990 world Cup Hockey Championship. He played 10 Champions Trophy games and won gold medal in 1994. He played three Asian Games and won a gold medal in 1990 at [[Beijing]], China. In his career, he earned 12 gold, 12 silver and 8 bronze medals in international hockey tournaments.<ref name="Geo"/><ref name="Dawn"/><ref name=Dawn3/>

He was declared All Asian Stars Hockey Team member in 1996 and also declared World Eleven Hockey team members in 1994. Ahmed was declared four times as the best goalkeeper of the tournament in his lifetime career. He was also the flag carrier of the Pakistani contingent in the [[1996 Atlanta Olympics]] in Atlanta, US.<ref name="Geo"/>

In his outstanding performance in the field of hockey, [[Government of Pakistan]] awarded him the President Award in 1988. He was also awarded the [[Pride of Performance]] award by the [[President of Pakistan]] in 1994.<ref name=Dawn2/><ref name=Dawn3/>

Ahmed was also involved in hockey as a coach. He was the National hockey coach of Pakistan junior hockey team in 2000 and was appointed as specialist goalkeeper coach of Bangladesh national hockey team in 2014. He also was appointed director of [[Pakistan Hockey Federation]]'s hockey academies in 2010.  Besides a player, Ahmed was a social activist and worked as an ambassador with different organizations like "Right to Play" and "Athlete Ambassador". He was also appointed as an ambassador for 'No Smoking Campaign' by the [[Government of Pakistan]]. He had the honour to be announced as speaker for FIFA World Cup 2022, Qatar. He was also invited as a guest for Special Olympics, Los Angeles, US in 2015.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

==Illness and death==
On 22 April 2018, Ahmed revealed that he needed a [[Heart transplantation|heart transplant]] and was seeking a medical visa from the [[Government of India]].<ref name="Dawn">{{cite news |title=Ailing Hockey hero Mansoor Ahmed seeks New Delhi's permission for heart transplant in India |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1403408 |newspaper=Dawn newspaper |agency=AFP |date=23 April 2018|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref> He was under treatment at the [[National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Pakistan|National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases]] in Karachi.<ref name="Geo"/>

Mansoor Ahmed died on 12 May 2018, in [[Karachi]], Pakistan.<ref name=Tribune>{{cite news|title=Pakistan hockey legend Mansoor Ahmed dies aged 49|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1708571/7/|newspaper=The Express Tribune|date=12 May 2018|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref><ref name=Dawn2>{{cite news|title=Hockey hero Mansoor Ahmed passes away in Karachi|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1407235|newspaper=Dawn newspaper|date=12 May 2018|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref> In the last three years of his life, he had been suffering from a heart ailment.<ref name="Geo"/> A few weeks before his death, Ahmed had complications originating from a [[Artificial cardiac pacemaker|pacemaker]] and [[stent]]s implanted in his heart.<ref name="Dawn"/> On 13 May 2018, he was laid to rest in Karachi.<ref name=Dawn3>{{cite news|title=Hockey legend Mansoor Ahmed laid to rest in Karachi|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1407432|newspaper=Dawn newspaper|date=13 May 2018|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Pakistan Hockey Federation]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{sports links}}

{{Pride of Performance for Sports}}
{{Pakistan FH Squad 1992 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:Olympic field hockey players for Pakistan]]
[[Category:Pakistani male field hockey players]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Pakistan]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Pride of Performance]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Field hockey players from Karachi]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1986 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1990 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1994 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in field hockey]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Pakistan]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Pakistan]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games]]
[[Category:1990 Men's Hockey World Cup players]]
[[Category:People from Karachi]]