Vladimir Mestvirishvili, the late Georgian wrestling coach, who shaped the careers of India’s Olympics medal-winning wrestlers Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt and Bajrang Punia, was named in the list of Padma Shri winners on Sunday. Mestvirishvili’s posthumous Padma award is richly deserved just like that of the other foreigner who won a Dronacharya award in 2012 — Cuban-born boxing coach BI Fernandez, whose trainees include Beijing Olympics bronze medalist Vijender Singh. Bajrang Punia, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist called him a ‘father figure’ to Indian wrestling, while 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt said without Mestvirishvili’s guidance, Indian wrestlers would not have won Olympic medals. Mestvirishvili passed away last year at the age of 81. “Whenever Sushil, Yogeshwar and my names are said, his name should also be taken. He has a major role in the medals won by India at the Olympics,” Bajrang told The Indian Express on Sunday. Yogeshwar, who was coached by Mestvirishvili for nearly 15 years, gave him credit for improving the technique of Indian wrestlers. “After he came to …