Joginder Singh (3 August 1939 – 6 November 2002), nicknamed "Gindi",[1] was an Indian hockey player. Playing in the right-wing position, he won the silver medal with his team at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta, and then the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He was born in Delhi.
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  India
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| Men's Field hockey | ||
Olympic Games  | ||
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1960 Rome | Team |
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1964 Tokyo | Team |
| Asian Games | ||
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1962 Jakarta | Team |
After retiring, he settled in Kolkata, where he worked as a sports officer for the Bengal Nagpur Railway (BNR), which was later renamed the South Eastern Railway (SER).[citation needed]
He died at age 63 after a protracted kidney illness.[2]
References
edit- ^ Gindi Singh Archived 2012-12-17 at the Wayback Machine, Sports Reference
- ^ Obituary[usurped]
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