Gursimran Singh

Gursimran Singh (born 15 December 1994) is a national field hockey player who used to play as a forward. He is serving Delhi Hockey in the position of vice president. He did his schooling at S.S. Mota Singh Sr. Sec. Model School and graduated from Jamila Millia Islamia University with a BBS. He pursued an MBA from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.

Gursimran Singh
Personal information
Born (1994-12-15) 15 December 1994
New Delhi, India
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 64
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Delhi
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–present India 3
Last updated on: 15 January 2018

S.S. Mota Singh school organized hockey tournaments every year and watching the game made him fall for it. He started playing for his school team and was selected for the senior team in seventh standard. By the time he was in tenth standard, he was the captain. He participated in School Games Federation of India games from Delhi in 2012. He was also the team member of Delhi in Hockey India junior national championship in 2013. His mentors are Gurwinder Singh Chandi, Dharamvir Singh, former Indian captain Rajpal Singh and world cup gold medalist Inderjit singh Chadha. He got an award for playing national from member parliament of West Delhi Parvesh Verma.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

References
  1. "Hat-trick by Gursimran". The Hindu. 29 November 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  2. "Senior National Hockey C'ship: Himachal edge past Kerala". aninews. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  3. "Comeback wins for Hockey Himachal and Delhi Hockey". The New Indian Express. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  4. "Gursimran Singh dreams to make it to India Hockey Nationals". worldsikhpost. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  5. "ਗੁਰਸਿਮਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ ਨੇ ਸਿੱਖ ਭਾਈਚਾਰੇ ਦਾ ਕੌਮਾਂਤਰੀ ਪੱਧਰ 'ਤੇ ਵਧਾਇਆ ਮਾਣ". punjabitribune. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. "Delhi Hockey Association appoints Gursimran Singh as new Vice President". THE STATESMAN. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  7. "Gursimran Singh Supports Environment And Health Awareness Group Called Cycle Buddy". Sports Beat India. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
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