| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's Field Hockey | ||
| Asian Games | ||
 | 1982 Delhi | Team |
| Champions Trophy | ||
 | 1982 Amstelveen | |
Romeo James (born 15 September 1958) is an Indian field hockey player. He competed at the 1982 Delhi Asian Games, winning a silver medal with the Indian team. [1] He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where the Indian team placed fifth. [2]
He competed at the 1982 Delhi Asian Games, winning a silver medal with the Indian team. [1] He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where the Indian team placed fifth. [2]
Under his captaincy, the Services Team has won the National Hockey Championship in 1982 & 1985. [3]
He was the coach of Indian Hockey team at the 2010 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup. [3] He was the coach when Indian team won the silver medal at the 1994 Asian Games and Indira Gandhi International Gold Cup in 1994. [3]
Richard Ian CharlesworthAO is an Australian sports coach and former politician. He played first-class cricket for Western Australia and international field hockey for the Kookaburras, winning a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and winning the World Cup in 1986. Charlesworth served as a federal member of parliament from 1983 to 1993, representing the Labor Party. After leaving politics, he was appointed coach of the Hockeyroos, leading them to Olympic gold medals in 1996 and 2000. Charlesworth later coached the Kookaburras from 2009 to 2014, and has also worked in consulting roles with the New Zealand national cricket team, the Australian Institute of Sport, and the Fremantle Football Club.
Jonathan Nicholas Mark Potter is the managing director of the House of Suntory and Maison Courvoisier at Suntory Global Spirits. He is a former field hockey player who was a member of the gold-winning Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Patricia ("Patty") Ann Shea is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who was a member of the US women's team that finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She also competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where Team USA finished in eighth and last position.
Hassan Sardar is a former field hockey player and team captain from Pakistan, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Hockey Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, becoming the first Asian nation to do so. Norman Pritchard represented the country and won two medals, both silver, in athletics. The nation first sent a team to the Summer Olympic Games in 1920 and has participated in every Summer Games since then. India has competed at several Winter Olympic Games after its debut in 1964.
Sos Hayrapetyan is a retired field hockey defender from Armenia. He won four Soviet Cups, eight Soviet championships (1980–1987), two European Cups and one Intercontinental Cup (1981), and medaled at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1983 European Championship. Hayrapetyan was named an Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1984. His son Levon is an association football player.
Field hockey made its debut at the Modern Olympic Games as a men's competition in the 1908 Games in London. It was removed from the Olympic schedule of the Summer Olympic Games for the 1924 Paris Games and was reintroduced in the 1928 Amsterdam Games. The Women's field hockey was introduced into the Olympic programme at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Shiny Kurisingal Wilson is a retired Indian athlete. She has been a National Champion in 800 metres for 14 years. Shiny Abraham Wilson represented India more than 75 times in international competition. She holds the added distinction of representing Asia in four World Cups. She is also perhaps the only athlete to have taken part in six Asian Track & Field Meets in a row beginning 1985 in Jakarta. During this period she won seven gold, five silver and two bronze medals in the Asian competitions. She collected a total of 18 gold and two silver medals from the seven South Asian Federation (SAF) Meets she has competed.
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