Sikh Sports Personalities
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| Pargat Singh | Jeev Milkha Singh |
Sikh Athletes (detail information)
Fauja Singh (born April 1, 1911) is a Sikh marathon runner in his nineties from India who is a world-record holder in his age bracket.His current personal best time for the London marathon is 6 hours 2 minutes,[1] and his marathon record, for age 90-plus, is 5 hours 40 minutes at the age of 92.
Fauja Singh has stated,"I won't stop running until I die. The next target, God willing, is to be the oldest marathon runner ever."
In 2004, he was featured in an advertising campaign for sportswear manufacturer Adidas alongside David Beckham and Muhammad Ali.
Bishan Singh Bedi About this sound pronunciation born 25 September 1946 in Amritsar, is an Indian former cricketer who was primarily a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He played Test cricket for India from 1966 to 1979 and formed part of the famous Indian spin quartet. He also captained the national side in 22 Test matches. Bedi is also famous for always wearing a colourful patka and his outspoken and forthright views on cricketing matters.
Ajit Pal Singh (born April 5, 1947) was an Indian field hockey player from Sansarpur, Punjab. He was the captain of the Indian hockey team. He was conferred Arjuna Award in 1970. He played at centre half position. He was captain of the team that won the world cup in 1975.
Singh competed in three Olympics from 1968 through 1976, winning bronze medals in his first two Olympic Games.
Harbhajan Singh is an Indian cricketer. A specialist bowler, he has the second-highest number of Test wickets by an off spinner behind Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan.
Harbhajan made his Test and One Day International (ODI) debuts in early 1998. His career was initially beset by investigations into the legality of his bowling action and disciplinary incidents that raised the ire of cricket authorities. However in 2001, with leading leg spinner Anil Kumble injured, Harbhajan's career was resuscitated after Indian captain Sourav Ganguly called for his inclusion in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy team. In that series victory over Australia, Harbhajan established himself as the team's leading spinner by taking 32 wickets, becoming the first Indian bowler to take a hat trick in Test cricket.
Mohinder was recognized as one of the premier triple jumpers in the world during his career at Cal Poly from 1968-1971. He won five national championships,and set five NCAA meet records. Mohinder won the 1971 Division I title with a jump of 54' 8 1/2" ranking as a champion alongside12 other Olympians.
Mohinder received the highest award in sports, the "Arjuna Award" from the President of India in 1970 and was inducted into the Hall of Fame of India.He founded Mohinder Sports Inc. in 1976. His line of sports products is presently being marketed in America, Canada, and Europe.
Mudhsuden Singh Panesar, known as Monty Panesar (born 25 April 1982 in Luton, Bedfordshire), is an English cricketer. A left-arm spinner, Panesar plays Test and one-day cricket for England, and played county cricket for Northamptonshire until 2009, when he departed that team and joined Sussex County Cricket Club for the 2010 English county cricket season.[2] He also plays for Lions in South Africa. He is the 631st player for England in Tests, and has the number 77 on his ODI shirt.
The celebrated king of soccer, striker Inder Singh will go down in the annals of Indian football as a legend. He has been rightly described as "Pele' of Punjab.He is one Sikh footballer who has brought immense glory to the state. Speed and skill were the chief weapons of his game. He pounced upon the ball like a panther and when he went on an attacking spree he put any defence out of gear. He trapped the ball with remarkable skill and scored from acute angles. It was with this nerve that in the 1974 National Foorball Championship.
He earned the distinction of leading the Indian football team thrice. In 1969 he became the first Punjab player to play in the Asian All-Star team. He was presented the Arjuna Award in 1969.
Udham Singh (1928–2000) originally from Sansarpur, Jalandhar, Punjab, India had played 1952 Summer Olympics Helsinki, 1956 Summer Olympics Melbourne, 1960 Summer Olympics Rome and 1964 Summer Olympics Tokyo as a member of Indian Hockey team and won three gold and a silver medals (set an Olympic record for a player in the Olympic Field Hockey competition). He was also awarded the Arjuna Award by the Indian Government.
Balbir Singh Sr.(born October 19, 1924 in Haripur Khalsa, Punjab) is a retired field hockey player from India, who was a member of three Olympic gold medal winning teams, in London (1948), Helsinki (1952) and Melbourne (1956).
He coached the Indian team for the 1971 Men's Hockey World Cup in which India won the bronze medal. He was the manager of the Indian team for the 1975 Men's Hockey World Cup which India won.
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Surjit Singh (October 10, 1951 – January 6, 1984) was a full back and captain of Indian field hockey team in 1979 in the Champions Trophy. He also played for India in the Munich Olympics in 1972, the 1974 Asian Games in Teheran, the 1975 Hockey World Cup champion team in Kuala Lumpur, the 1976 Montreal Olympics, the Asian Games in Bangkok in 1978, and the 1982 World Cup held at Bombay.
Surjit Singh died as the result of a car accident in 1984.
He was posthumously awarded the Arjuna Award in 1998.
Pargat Singh (born March 5, 1965) is a former Indian field hockey player. He captained Indian men hockey team at 1992 Barcelona Olympics and 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He hails from Jalandhar in Punjab. He was awarded Padma Shree and Arjuna Award for his achievements.
Jeev Milkha Singh (born 15 December 1971) is the first Indian golfer to become a member of the European Tour. He is the highest ranked Indian golfer in the world and first broke into the top 100 in October 2006.