Sabir Ali

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{{Short description|Indian decathlete (1955–2023)}}

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| birth_name = Sabir Ali

| birth_date = {{birth date |1955|4|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Haryana, India

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2023|1|22|1955|04|19}}

| death_place = New Delhi

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| known_for = Arjuna Award

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| employer = Retired from Indian Railways, 2015

| occupation = Track and field athlete

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=3}}

| spouse = Shabnam Ali

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| children = 2 (Shahzad Sabir Ali, Sophia Ali)

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{{MedalSport|Men's athletics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1981 Tokyo|Decathlon}}

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Sabir Ali (19 April 1955 – 22 January 2023) was an Indian decathlete.{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/field/842786/from-a-mahabharata-star-to-pt-usha-indias-best-moments-at-asian-championships|title=From a 'Mahabharata' star to PT Usha: India's best moments at Asian Championships|website=Scroll.in|date=5 July 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-14}} He was an Arjuna award winner (1981).{{Cite web|url=https://indianathletics.in/arjuna-awardees/|title=ARJUNA AWARDEES |website=indianathletics.in|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-14}}

Born in Haryana, Ali won 10 gold medals in the decathlon,{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} including at the 1981 Asian Athletics Championships held at Tokyo, Japan.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120927184559/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-09/athletics/29755182_1_guzel-khubbieva-first-medal-bronze India pick three bronze in Kobe] He won two silver medals in South Asian Athletics meet held at Kathmandu & Dhaka.

He was declared the best sportsman of India in the year 1981 by Indian Railways and Journalist Association of India. He was conferred with Arjuna award by the president of India Zail Singh and Bhim award by the government of Haryana in 1981.{{Cite web|url=http://yas.nic.in/arjun-award-winners-athletics|title=Arjun Award Winners for "Athletics" {{!}} Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports|website=yas.nic.in|access-date=2016-05-31}}

Winner of silver medal (1985) & bronze (1981) in world railway athletic championship held in East Germany and in Czechoslovakia. He became the Captain of Indian Athletics Team in Asian track and field athletic meet held in Kuwait in 1983. He was appointed as the chief coach of Indian railways and northern railways (1992–2002), member of selection committee (sr. athletics) of the country for five years.

He died of a cardiac arrest on 22 January 2023 at Northern Railway Central Hospital, New Delhi.