List of Indian field hockey captains in Olympics

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

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

Women's

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

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.

External links

• Olympic Captains Of India