Related Research Articles
Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. Italy was the first to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.
Gurbux ("Gurbakhsh") Singh is a former Indian field hockey player who was a member of the Indian team that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics, the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the gold medal at the 1966 Asian Games. He was the joint captain of the Indian team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was also the coach of the Indian team at the 1976 Summer Olympics. For his outstanding contribution to the country in the field of sports, Gurbux received the Arjuna Award in 1966.
Hardyal Singh was an Indian hockey player who lived in the state of Uttarakhand. He was part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in men's field hockey competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He died on 17 August 2018.
Amit Singh Bakshi was an Indian athlete and field hockey player.
Ajit Pal Singh Kular was an Indian professional field hockey player from Sansarpur, Punjab. He was the captain of the Indian hockey team. He was conferred the Arjuna Award in 1970, and awarded it in 1972. He played at centre half position. He was captain of the Indian team at the Hockey World Cup 1975 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Harmik Singh is a former captain of the Indian field hockey team and coach. He played for India in many tournaments including the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. He was awarded the Arjuna Award for his achievements. Singh is the brother of Ajit Singh, and the uncle of later Indian international Gagan Ajit Singh. He was born in Gujranwala, Punjab. He was the head coach of the India hockey team at the 1982 and 1986 Hockey World Cup.
Gurbachan Singh Randhawa is a former Indian athlete who won a gold medal at the 1962 Asian Games in decathlon. He participated in the 1960 and 1964 Olympics in 110 hurdles, high jump and decathlon. He finished fifth in the 110 hurdles at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics with a timing of 14.07 seconds. He was honoured with the Arjuna Award in 1961 thus becoming the first athlete from the country to get the award and with the Padma Shri in 2005. His biography 'Uddna Baaz' is written by Navdeep Singh Gill.
Varinder Singh was an Indian field hockey player.
Hubert Stefan Pala was a Polish former footballer.
Sardar Balbir Singh Kullar was an Indian field hockey player and a Punjab Police officer. Alternative spellings of his last name include Khullar.
Gurbaj Singh represented India in men's hockey during the 2012 London Olympics.
Khadangbam Kothajit Singh is an India field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for the Indian national team.
Sports Reference, LLC is an American company which operates several sports-related websites, including Sports-Reference.com, Baseball Reference for baseball, Basketball Reference for basketball, Hockey Reference for ice hockey, Pro Football Reference for American football, and FBref for association football (soccer). They also operate a subscription based service for statistics, called Stathead. Between 2008 and 2020, Sports Reference also provided pages for the Olympic Games and its competitors.
Chandan Singh Rawat was an Indian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Ajit Singh is an Indian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Jagdev Singh Rai was an Indian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Harpreet Singh is an Indian field hockey player. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Sukhjit Singh is an Indian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Didar Singh is an Indian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Maninderjit Singh Magmar is a Malaysian field hockey player. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics.
References
- ↑ "Pala Singh". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pala Singh Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
