Harbinder Singh

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Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  India
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich Team competition
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1966 Bangkok Team competition
Silver medal – second place 1970 Bangkok Team competition

Harbinder Singh (born 8 July 1943 in

Olympics – Tokyo 1964 — gold medal [scored highest field goals – 5 out of 9 goals], Mexico 1968 — bronze medal [scored highest field goals – 6 out of 11, including hat-trick against Mexico] and was also selected as a centre forward in the "World XI", in Munich 1972 — bronze medal.[2]

Career

He represented the country in three Asian Games at Bangkok 1966—won Gold Medal, again at Bangkok 1970 won silver medal and was captain of the team and at Seoul 1986 as chief coach of the Indian Women's hockey team and won the bronze medal.[3]

He also represented India in two international hockey tournaments at Lyons, France, in 1963, and Hamburg, Germany, in 1966, winning the gold medal at both places. At Hamburg, scored 4 goals out of 8 field goals in the tournaments. He represented the country in Pre-Olympic hockey tournament at London in 1967 and won the bronze medal.[citation needed]

Singh represented Punjab state and Indian Railways in the National Hockey Championships from 1961–1972 and won 8 Gold and 2 Silver Medals as an active player and as a coach of the Indian Railways Hockey Team from 1975–1993 won 8 Gold and 4 Silver Medals.[citation needed]

He represented Punjab in the National Athletic Championship at Trivandrum in 1959 and won the gold medal in the 4x100M Relay Race in juniors. He also represented Indian Railways in the All India Open Athletic Championship at Sangrur [Punjab] in 1967 and won the gold medal in 4x100M Relay Race. It is a very rare feat to win gold medals in two different sports, i.e., hockey and athletics.[citation needed]

Awards and honours

He was conferred with 'Arjuna Award' in 1967, 'Railway Minister Award' in 1966 and 'Best Sportsman Of The Railways' in 1972.

He was member of the Selection Committee of Indian Hockey Federation for juniors [1980-1984 and 1994–1998] and Women Hockey Federation for juniors and seniors [2004–2009]. Presently he is the member of the Selection Committee of 'Hockey India' and was Manager of the Indian Junior Men Hockey Team toured to Kenya [1984].

Being a sprinter he was the fastest centre forward in the 1960s and 1970s. In an interview to the print media Shri.

1968 Mexico Olympics
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He earned the distinction to replace such Olympic centre forwards as Major

Balbir Singh senior
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He associated with the game of Hockey for the last 54 years since 1961 serving the Nation for the promotion of Hockey as a Player, Coach, Selector, Organiser and Govt. Observer.

He won 36 Gold, 8 Silver and 4 Bronze Medals in various National and International Competitions during his sports career.

Padma Shri

In 2024, Harbinder Singh was honored with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, in recognition of his distinguished contributions in his field. [4] [5]

References

  1. ^ Hockey player Harbinder Singh stick2hockey.com. Retrieved 4 September 2021
  2. ^ I feel just as happy today as I did when I won gold in Tokyo in 1964: Hockey legend Harbinder Singh The Times of India. Retrieved 4 September 2021
  3. ^ Avengers of 1964 who reclaimed gold in last Tokyo Olympics Indian Express. Retrieved 4 September 2021
  4. ^ "Hockey India congratulates Harbinder Singh on winning prestigious Padma Shri". Hindustan Times. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  5. ISSN 0971-8257
    . Retrieved 9 April 2024.

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