Adam Sinclair (field hockey)

Adam Sinclair
Personal information
Full nameAdam Antony Sinclair
Born (1984-02-29) 29 February 1984
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionForward
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
2005-2008 Chennai Veerans - -
2007 Schwarz – Weiss Köln - -
2006 IOB - -
– Chennai Cheetahs - 9
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
– India 90 -

Adam Antony Sinclair (born 29 February 1984) is an Indian former field hockey player from Tamil Nadu. He represented the India men's national field hockey team as a forward, earning 90 international caps. Sinclair competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, and also represented India at the Men's Hockey Champions Trophy.

Early life

Sinclair hails from Coimbatore. While at school, he was the best in field hockey at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coimbatore.[1] He captained the school team and led the school to win many tournaments. He was elected Head Boy for 2001. He was also the captain of the "Panthers" and led them to victory in the Intra School Sports Event in 2001. He did further studies in PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore.

Career

He made his international debut in May 2004 during a Four Nation Tournament in Gifu (Japan). Sinclair has played for the Chennai Veerans, Chennai Cheetahs[2] has played club hockey in Germany, and as of September 2011 was playing center-forward for the Indian Overseas Bank hockey team.[3] Sinclair is the most recent Olympian in men's field hockey from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In 2021, he highlighted the need for greater grassroots development of hockey in the state.[4]

Athletics

Sinclair has also won accolades and medals as an athlete in the triple jump, high jump and long distance running events.

Personal life

Adam Sinclair became engaged to long time girlfriend Vyshali Nair on 6 May 2011. They were married in April and May 2012 in Hindu and Catholic ceremonies held in Chennai and Coimbatore, respectively. The couple have two children: a son, Zoran (born 2013), and a daughter, Zaya (born 2017).Their son, Zoran Sinclair, is an Indian youth triathlete who represented India in the boys' under-15 category at the 2026 Asia Triathlon Super Sprint U15 Championships held in Xuzhou, China.[5][6] The Children's names are of multiple origins and the first syllables of the their names were the inspiration for Adam's sportswear and equipment brand and Sports academy ZOZA.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Madras Miscellany". The Hindu. 31 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Thyagarajan, S. (30 March 2012). "Chennai Cheetahs conjures up a super win". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
  3. ↑ Ferro, Aswin. "Chennai club mates hail India custodian Sreejesh's antics", MiD DAY (13 September 2011).
  4. ↑ "Light at the end of the tunnel for Tamil Nadu hockey". The Times of India. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "2026 Asia Triathlon Super Sprint Elite, Youth, U15 Championship Xuzhou". World Triathlon. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "Results – 2026 Asia Triathlon Super Sprint Elite, Youth, U15 Championship Xuzhou". World Triathlon. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "Adam Sinclair ties the knot". The Times of India. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. ↑ "Suresh stars as Zoza emerge champs". The Times of India. 13 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "ZOZA". www.zoza.life. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
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