Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Ravinder Pal•Singh |
Used name | Ravinder Pal•Singh |
Born | 6 September 1960 in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh (IND) |
Died | 8 May 2021 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (IND) |
Measurements | 168 cm / 63 kg |
Affiliations | United Provinces |
NOC | India |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 1 |
Silver | 0 |
Bronze | 0 |
Total | 1 |
Ravinder Pal Singh played hockey for India at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics, helping them win the gold medal at Moskva in 1980. Singh was a centre-half who played on the national team from 1979-84. Singh also represented India in the 1979 Junior World Cup, the Champions Trophy in Karachi (1980, 1983), Silver Jubilee 10-nation Cup in Hong Kong in 1983, the 1982 World Cup in Mumbai, and the 1982 Asian Cup in Karachi.
After retiring from hockey he worked his entire career for the State Bank of India. Singh died in 2021 after contracting COVID-19.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1980 Summer Olympics | Hockey | IND | Ravinder Pal Singh | |||
Hockey, Men (Olympic) | India | 1 | Gold | |||
1984 Summer Olympics | Hockey | IND | Ravinder Pal Singh | |||
Hockey, Men (Olympic) | India | 5 |