Shahid Ali Khan
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Olympic medal record | |||
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Gold | Los Angeles 1984 | Team Competition | |
Bronze | Barcelona 1992 | Team Competition |
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Shahid Ali Khan (Urdu: شاہد علی خان) (born December 26, 1964) is a retired field hockey goalkeeper from Pakistan, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Eight years later he was on the side that captured the bronze medal in Barcelona, Spain. At the age of 18, in 1982, he saved a penalty stroke to save Pakistan in the Final of World Cup. During his days, he was considered as one of the best goalkeepers in the game of field hockey, and was capped 135 times.