Mr. Rajguru Kochale

Rajguru Kochale is a teacher by profession & athletics coach by passion. Rajguru is the 1st in Satara district to successfully complete IAAF(International Association of Athletic Federation) level 1 course which enables him to coach athlets globally but his passion is to develop athletes from rural & remote hilly areas.

He and Dondiram Wadkar have developed 3 International Athletes, 30 National Athletes & over 100 State Athletes till now from Underprivileged rural & remote areas. Kalidas Hirave, Janabai Hirave & Akash Hirave are international athletes developed by Rajguru.

He himself is a keen runner & he has participated in several marathon events all over the country including Delhi Half Marathon, Mumbai Marathon, Goa river marathon. He has won title in few races. He has vision of nurturing & developing athletes to win international medal for India. He is also determined to make WHHM prestigious & popular event in India's running calender