Bakshish Singh
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| Full name | Bakshish Singh Sandhu | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 June 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 September 1970 (aged 42) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bakshish Singh (14 June 1928 – 21 September 1970) was an Indian field hockey player who won the gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He studied at Khalsa College, Amritsar and served in the Punjab Police from 1948 to 1961. He was also part of the team that won the silver medal in the 1958 Asian Games.[1]
References
- ↑ Bakshish Singh, Sports-Reference / Olympic Sports. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
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Categories:
- 1928 births
- 1970 deaths
- Field hockey players at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Indian men's field hockey players
- 20th-century Indian sportsmen
- Field hockey players from Punjab, India
- Olympic field hockey players for India
- Olympic gold medalists for India
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Field hockey players at the 1958 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Asian Games field hockey players for India
- Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games
- Recipients of the Arjuna Award
- Asian Games silver medalists in field hockey
- Indian Olympic medalist stubs
- Indian field hockey biography stubs