Charanjit Singh

Charanjit Singh (born 3 February 1931 in Mairi, Himachal Pradesh ( Then Punjab) ) is a former field hockey player from India. He captained the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in the 1964 Summer Olympics at Tokyo, Japan.[1][2]

This article is about the hockey player. For the musician, see Charanjit Singh (musician). For the politician, see Charanjit Singh Atwal. For the cricketer, see Charanjit Singh (cricketer).

Olympic medal record
Men's field hockey
1964 TokyoTeam Competition

He is an alumnus of Col. Brown Cambridge School, Dehra Dun and Punjab University. He retired as Director Department of Physical Education in Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. He currently stays in Una, Himachal Pradesh. His brother, Baldev Singh Dogra, another hockey player and an Air Force retiree resides in Delhi.

Charanjit Singh won a silver medal in the 1962 Asian Games. In the sixth minute of the final, his nose was fractured by a penalty corner from Manzoor Hussain Atif and he had to be moved to the hospital.

See also

References
  1. India's Olympic History
  2. 1964 Tokyo Olympics at www.bharathiyahockey.org Archived 29 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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