Joginder Singh (field hockey)
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's field hockey | |||
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| Silver | 1960 Rome | Team Competition | |
| Gold | 1964 Tokyo | Team Competition | |
Joginder Singh (August 3, 1939 – November 6, 2002) 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.
After retiring, he settled in Kolkata, where he worked as a sports officer for the Bengal Nagpur Railway (BNR), later renamed to the South Eastern Railway (SER).
He died at age 63 after a protracted kidney illness.[1]
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