Ilyas Babar

Mohammed Ilyas Babar (1926 – 30 July 2002) was an Indian athletic coach.

He became an outstanding university athlete in Hyderabad and was the state champion in 110m hurdles between 1950 and 1957, and in long jump.

Sriram Singh finished seventh in the 800m in the Montreal Olympics and set an Indian record that stood for 42 years.

In the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok he was voted as the Best coach in Asia by a panel of international experts and presented with the Adidas Golden Shoe.

He died at age 76, three days after undergoing a surgery for stomach ulcer in Hyderabad, India.