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List of Indian field hockey captains in Olympics

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This is a list of all field hockey players who have captained Indian national men's and women's field hockey team at the international level in Olympics. The list includes all Indian captains since the period of 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.

Indian hockey team 1928 Olympics
Indian-Hockey-Team-Berlin-1936

Men's

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Name Year Rank Venue Birth Death
Jaipal Singh Munda 1928 Gold medal Amsterdam Olympics 3 January 1903 in Takra Pahantoli, Ranchi, Jharkhand 20 March 1970 (aged 67) in New Delhi
Lal Shah Bokhari 1932 Gold medal Los Angeles Olympics 22 July 1909 in Faisalabad, Punjab (Pakistan) 22 July 1959 (aged 50) in Baghdad, Iraq
Dhyan Chand 1936 Gold medal Berlin Olympics 29 August 1905 in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh 3 December 1979 (aged 74) in Delhi
Kishan Lal 1948 Gold medal London Olympics 2 February 1917 in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh 3 June 1980 (aged 63) in Madras
K. D. Singh 1952 Gold medal Helsinki Olympics 2 February 1922 in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh 27 March 1978 (aged 56) in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Balbir Singh Sr. 1956 Gold medal Melbourne Olympics 31 December 1923 in Haripur Khalsa, Punjab 25 May 2020 (aged 96) in Mohali, Punjab
Leslie Claudius 1960 Silver medal Rome Olympics 25 May 1927 in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh 20 December 2012 (aged 85) in Kolkata, West Bengal
Charanjit Singh 1964 Gold medal Tokyo Olympics 3 February 1931 in Mairi, Himachal Pradesh 27 January 2022 (aged 90) in Una, Himachal Pradesh
Gurbux Singh and Prithipal Singh 1968 Bronze medal Mexico City Olympics 11 February 1936 in Peshawar, Pakistan
28 January 1932 in Nankana Sahib, Pakistan
Gurbux is alive
Prithipal Singh- 20 May 1983 (aged 51) in Ludhiana
Harmik Singh 1972 Bronze medal Munich Olympics 10 June 1947 in Gujranwala, Punjab Alive
Ajit Pal Singh 1976 7th Position Montreal Olympics 1 April 1947 in Sansarpur, Punjab Alive
Vasudevan Baskaran 1980 Gold medal Moscow Olympics 17 August 1950 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu Alive
Zafar Iqbal 1984 5th Position Los Angeles Olympics 12 June 1956 in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh Alive
M. M. Somaya 1988 6th Position Seoul Olympics 8 May 1959 in Coorg, Karnataka Alive
Pargat Singh[1] 1992 7th Position Barcelona Olympics 5 March 1965 in Mithapur, Jalandhar, Punjab Alive
Pargat Singh[2] 1996 8th Position Atlanta Olympics 5 March 1965 in Mithapur, Jalandhar, Punjab Alive
Ramandeep Singh[3] 2000 7th Position Sydney Olympics 8 August 1971 in Chandigarh Alive[4]
Dilip Tirkey 2004 7th Position Athens Olympics 25 November 1977 in Sundergarh, Odisha Alive
Bharat Chetri[5] 2012 12th Position London Olympics 15 December 1981 in Kalimpong, West Bengal Alive
P. R. Sreejesh[6] 2016 8th position Rio Olympics 8 May 1988 in Kochi, Kerala Alive
Manpreet Singh 2020 Bronze medal Tokyo Olympics 26 June 1992 in Mithapur, Jalandhar, Punjab, India Alive
Harmanpreet Singh (field hockey)| 2024 Bronze medal Paris Olympics 6 January 1996 in Timmowal, Amritsar, Punjab, India Alive

Women's

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Name Year Rank Venue Birth Death
Rupa Kumari Saini 1980 4th position Moscow Olympics 2 September 1954 in Faridkot, Punjab Alive
Sushila Chanu 2016 12th position Rio Olympics 25 February 1992 in Imphal, Manipur Alive
Rani Rampal 2020 4th position Tokyo Olympics 4 December 1994 in Shahabad Markanda, Haryana Alive

References

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  1. ^ "Short Biography of Pargat Singh (Former captain of the Indian hockey team)". 17 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Short Biography of Pargat Singh (Former captain of the Indian hockey team)". 17 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Short Biography of Raman deep Singh Grewal". 17 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Olympic Men's Hockey Captains of India".
  5. ^ "Walmiki, Rupinderpal axed from Olympic hockey squad".
  6. ^ "Sardar Singh is no longer king of Indian hockey 2016". The Indian Express. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
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