Khawaja Junaid

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Khawaja Muhammad Junaid (born 14 April 1966) is a Pakistani field hockey player and coach. He won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. [1]

Later in his career, Junaid became the head coach of the Pakistan hockey team. He coached the team at the 2017 World Hockey League in London, but was sacked after lashing out at the PHF president and secretary. He returned to be head coach of the team for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. [2]

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References

  1. "Khawaja Junaid". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  2. "Pakistan appoints Olympian Khawaja Junaid as men's senior hockey team coach". Times of India. 6 August 2019.