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Balbir Singh - Hockey - INDIA
(Triple Gold Olympian and Victorious Olympic Captain)
-1948 - London Olympic Games Gold Medal
-1952 - Helsinki Olympic Games Gold Medal
-1956 - Melbourne Olympic Games - Captain Gold Medal (Olympic Records)
-Record-1: Most goals in any Olympic Final- 5 of 6 at Helsinki in 1952.
-Record-2: Most goals in any Olympic semi- final & final both: 8 of 9 in 1952.
-Record-3: Only hockey player in the world today who is a Triple Gold Olympian &
Victorious Olympic Captain.
(Goals)
-1948 - London: Played two matches and scored 8 of 13 goals including first 2 in
the final against Great Britain in 7th and 15th minutes.
-1952 - Helsinki: Played three matches and scored 9 of 13 goals including all 3 in the
semifinal against Great Britain in 1st, 14th & 26th minutes and 5 of 6 in the final against Holland in 5th, 9th, 33rd, 45th & 65th minutes.
-1954 - Singapore and Malaysia tour: Scored 83 of 121 goals in 16 matches - Captain.
-1955 - New Zealand and Australia tour: Scored 141 of 203 goals in 37 matches.
-1956 - Melbourne: Captained the national team that scored Independent India’s only
Golden Hat Trick in Olympic Games.
(Chief Coach and Manager of the following medal winning Indian National Teams)
-1962 - Ahmedabad International Gold medal
-1971 - Barcelona World Cup Bronze medal
-1975 - Kuala Lumpur World Cup Gold medal
-1982 -Amsterdam Champions’ Trophy Bronze medal
-1982 - Melbourne Esanda Cup Silver Medal
(Published)
-1977 - Chandigarh - The Golden Hat Trick Autobiography
-2008 - New Delhi - The Golden Yardstick A Training Manual
-Released by : - Dr. Manmohan Singh Hon’ble Prime Minister.
(General)
-1952 - Helsinki - Flag bearer Indian Olympic Contingent
-1956 - Melbourne - Flag bearer Indian Olympic Contingent
-1957 - New Delhi - Recipient of Padma Shri award
-1982 - New Delhi - Indian Sportsman of the century
- Opinion poll conducted by the daily Patriot
-1982 - New Delhi - Lit the sacred flame at the Asian Games Opening Ceremony.
-2006 - New Delhi - All time best Sikh hockey player- adjudged by a committee presided over by former chief justice of India.
- Won Intervarsity, Inter State & Nationals for record number of times each (Guest of Honour at many international sports events including)
- 1980 - Moscow - Olympic Games
- 1986 - London - World Cup
- 1995 - Berlin - Champions Trophy
- E-mail:balbirsenior@hotmail.com