Bakshish Singh
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| Full name | Bakshish Sandhu Singh | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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14 June 1928 Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
21 September 1970 (aged 42) Amritsar, Punjab, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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