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Mittal Champions Trust
Formation	9 November 2003
Dissolved	March 2014
Location	Mumbai, India;
Founder	Mahesh Bhupathi
Head	Laxmi Mittal
Administrator	Manisha Malhotra
Budget	$9million

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Mittal Champions Trust (2005 to 2014)^[1] was a trust which supported Indian athletes with world-beating potential. It was funded by Lakshmi Mittal and was initiated by his son-in-law Amit Bhatia.

It was founded on 9 November 2005 by Mahesh Bhupathi. The first beneficiary was Joshna Chinappa, India's best squash player.^[2] The trust was formed due to Mittal being disappointed by the dismal performance by Indians, who won just one bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics, another bronze in the 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[3] The initial funding is $9 million. The trust developed Indian athletes for the 2012 Olympics in London.

The sports focused on were Squash, Badminton, Archery, Boxing, Shooting sports, Swimming and Heptathlon. The foundation did not support cricket.

Players supported

Mittal Champions Trust has 40 athletes as of now. They had supported Abhinav Bindra when he had problem in importing ammunition. The trust supported Abhinav with 50 lacs.^[4] MCT also plans to develop training facilities in the country.

Boxing

Shooting

Swimming

Virdhawal Khade

Wrestling

Archery

Squash

Athletics

Krishna Poonia

Sailing

Nitin Mongia

Awards

L N Mittal announced a 1.5 crore cash award for Abhinav Bindra for winning the gold medal in Olympics.

References

^ Indian sport suffers big blow as Mittal Champions Trust shuts down Siddharth Parikh 12 March 2014 Sportskeeda Retrieved 01 August 2014
^ "Press Articles of Joshna Chinappa sponsored by Mittal champion trust". www.ispsquash.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.
^ "Mittal's Olympic dream is worth Rs 40 crore".
^ Sapre, Omkar. "Mittal Champions Trust to invest more in sports". The Economic Times.

External links

Mittal Champions Trust website

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+'''Mittal Champions Trust''' (2005 to 2014)<ref>[http://www.sportskeeda.com/general-sports/indian-sport-big-blow-mittal-champions-trust-shuts-down Indian sport suffers big blow as Mittal Champions Trust shuts down] Siddharth Parikh 12 March 2014 Sportskeeda Retrieved 01 August 2014</ref> was a trust which supported [[India]]n [[sportsperson|athlete]]s with world-beating potential. It was funded by [[Lakshmi Mittal]] and was initiated by his son-in-law [[Amit Bhatia]].
+It was founded on 9 November 2005 by [[Mahesh Bhupathi]]. The first beneficiary was [[Joshna Chinappa]], India's best [[squash (game)|squash]] player.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ispsquash.com/Joshna_MittalChampionTrust.htm#Joshna%20first%20beneficiary%20of%20Lakshmi%20Mittal's%20initiative |title= Press Articles of Joshna Chinappa sponsored by Mittal champion trust|website=www.ispsquash.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927141035/http://www.ispsquash.com/Joshna_MittalChampionTrust.htm |archive-date=2007-09-27}}</ref> The trust was formed due to Mittal being disappointed by the dismal performance by Indians, who won just one [[bronze medal]] in the [[1996 Summer Olympics]], another bronze in the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] and a [[silver medal]] in the [[2004 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=9054|title = Mittal's Olympic dream is worth Rs 40 crore}}</ref> The initial funding is $9 million. The trust developed Indian athletes for the [[2012 Olympics]] in London.
-'''Mittal Champions Trust''' supports [[India]]n [[sportsperson|athlete]]s with world-beating potential. It is funded by [[Lakshmi Mittal]] and was initiated by his son-in-law [[Amit Bhatia]].
-It was founded on 9 November 2005 by [[Mahesh Bhupathi]]. The first beneficiary was [[Joshna Chinappa]], India's best [[squash (game)|squash]] player. <ref> http://www.ispsquash.com/Joshna_MittalChampionTrust.htm#Joshna%20first%20beneficiary%20of%20Lakshmi%20Mittal's%20initiative </ref> The trust was formed due to Mittal being disappointed by the dismal performance by Indians, who won just one [[bronze medal]] in the [[1996 Summer Olympics]], another bronze in the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] and a [[silver medal]] in the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]. <ref> http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=9054 </ref> The initial funding is $9 million. The trust aims at developing Indian athletes for the [[2012 Olympics]] in London.
-The sports in focus are [[Squash (sport)|Squash]], [[Badminton]], [[Archery]], [[Boxing]], [[Shooting sports]], [[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]] and [[Heptathlon]]. The foundation has said that they wont be supporting cricket
+The sports focused on were [[Squash (sport)|Squash]], [[Badminton]], [[Archery]], [[Boxing]], [[Shooting sports]], [[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]] and [[Heptathlon]]. The foundation did not support cricket.
 ==Players supported==
 Mittal Champions Trust has 40 athletes as of now. They had supported Abhinav Bindra when he had problem in importing ammunition.
-The trust supported Abhinav with 50 lacs. <ref> http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Features/The_Sunday_ET/Backpage/Mittal_Champions_Trust_to_invest_more_in_sports/articleshow/3397624.cms </ref> MCT also plans to develop training facilities in the country.
+The trust supported Abhinav with 50 lacs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Features/The_Sunday_ET/Backpage/Mittal_Champions_Trust_to_invest_more_in_sports/articleshow/3397624.cms|title = Mittal Champions Trust to invest more in sports|newspaper = The Economic Times|last1 = Sapre|first1 = Omkar}}</ref> MCT also plans to develop training facilities in the country.
 Boxing
 * [[Akhil Kumar]]
-* [[Jitender Kumar]]
+* [[Jitender Kumar (middleweight boxer)|Jitender Kumar]]
-* Dinesh Kumar
+* [[Dinesh Kumar (boxer)|Dinesh Kumar]]
-Badmindon
-* [[Saina Nehwal]]
 Shooting
 * [[Abhinav Bindra]]
 * [[Anjali Bhagwat]]
-* Ronjan Sodhi
+* [[Ronjan Sodhi]]
-* Suma Shirur
+* [[Suma Shirur]]
 * [[Heena Sidhu]]
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 Wrestling
-* Yogeshwar Dutt
+* [[Yogeshwar Dutt]]
 * Naveen Singh Suhag
-* Palwinder Singh Cheema
+* [[Palwinder Singh Cheema]]
+* [[Mausam Khatri]]
-* Mosaum khatri
 *
 Archery
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 ==References==
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+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
 *[http://www.mittalchampionstrust.com/ourathletes.html Mittal Champions Trust website]
+== See also ==
+*[http://www.tata.com/ourcommitment/articles/inside.aspx?artid=RRYDuCSknAU= Tata Sporting Samaritan]
+* [[Olympic Gold Quest]]
+[[Category:Sports organisations of India]]
+[[Category:Mittal family]]
+[[Category:ArcelorMittal]]
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