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Inder Singh

Personal information
Born	(1944-02-25)25 February 1944 Faridkot, Punjab, India
Died	19 August 2001(2001-08-19) (aged 57) Italy
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Field hockey
Club	Indian Railways
Medal record Representing  India Olympic Games 1968 Mexico Team competition Asian Games 1966 Bangkok Team competition

Inder "Gogi" Singh (25 February 1944 – 19 August 2001) was an Indian hockey player who represented India in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Nicknamed "Gogi", Singh was born in Faridkot, India. He Married Gianna Fissore, an Italian citizen. Singh settled in Italy after relinquishing his job in the Railways. His wife, Gianna, was also a national-level hockey player of her country. After emigrating to Italy he played a major role in establishing a hockey club in Bra, Piedmont. Their daughter, Jasbeer Singh plays for the Italy women's national field hockey team.

He died of cancer on 19 August 2001.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gogi Singh". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
2. Peter, Naveen (25 October 2020). "Mexico 1968 Olympics: Two captains hurt rhythm, Indian hockey team gets bronze". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
3. Singh, Jasbeer (10 March 2023). "Hockey, la braidese Jasbeer Singh: "Ho solo il rimpianto di non aver visto giocare mio padre"" [Hockey, the Brai player Jasbeer Singh: "I only regret not having seen my father play"] (Interview) (in Italian). Interviewed by Fiorella Avalle Nemolis. Bra, Piedmont: Cuneocronaca.it. Retrieved 2 June 2023.

External links

• Inder Singh at Olympedia

v t e India squad – 1966 Asian Games – Gold medal (1st Title)
1 A. L. Frank 2 Balbir Singh Grewal 3 Haripal Kaushik 4 Balbir Singh Kular 5 Balbir Singh Kullar 6 Mohinder Lal 7 Shankar Lakshman (c) 8 John Peter 9 Dharam Singh 10 Gurbux Singh 11 Harbinder Singh 12 Harmik Singh 13 Inder Singh 14 Jagdeep Singh 15 Jagjit Singh 16 Prithipal Singh 17 Tarsem Singh 18 Noel Toppo

v t e India squad – 1968 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal
1 Rajendran Christie 2 Krishnamurthy Perumal 3 John Peter 4 Muneer Sait 5 Inam-ur Rahman 6 Ajit Pal Singh 7 Balbir Singh Kullar 8 Balbir Singh Kular 9 Balbir Singh 10 Gurbux Singh (c) 11 Harbinder Singh 12 Harmik Singh 13 Inder Singh 14 Prithipal Singh (c) 15 Tarsem Singh 16 Jagjit Singh Coach: Balkrishan Singh

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