Sardar Singh


Country
Birth date
Age
15/07/1986 
26
Height
Weight
Gender
Not provided 
Not provided 
M
Sport
Team
SINGH Sardar

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RankEventYearLocation
World Cup
8Men2010New Delhi, IND
Asian Games
3Men2010Guangzhou, CHN
Asia Cup
5Men2009Kuantan, MAS

Occupation

Athlete, Police Officer

Language(s) spoken

Hindi, English

Coach

Michael Nobbs [national] (AUS) (dailymail.co.uk, 28 Feb 2012)

Position and style

Midfield (indianexpress.com, 30 Aug 2010)

Handedness

Right (zimbio.com, 04 Oct 2010)

Other sports

His brother Didar Singh has also represented India in hockey. (indianexpress.com, 12 Feb 2012)

Debut

2006 for India (deccanchronicle.com, 11 Mar 2012)

Additional information

Reason for taking up this sport
He says he was never serious about hockey as a long-term proposition and that originally it was just "a ticket to life in the United States". (indianexpress.com, 12 Feb 2012)

Hero
Pakistani hockey player Shahbaz Ahmed. (deccanherald.com, 09 Jan 2012)

Superstitions / Rituals
He likes to watch videos of footballers like Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi before a tournament. "It's not about the scoring. I love the way they go past the other team, as if there's no one in the way. Even when they don't score, they draw so many defenders to themselves that the rest of the team is free to score. Before major tournaments, I watch their video clips to learn from them." (indianexpress.com, 12 Feb 2012)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"All that matters for me is hard work." (deccanchronicle.com, 14 Feb 2012)


Awards
In February 2012 he was named player of the tournament at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Delhi in February 2012. (iosindia.com, 25 Feb 2012)

He was named in the International Hockey Federation's [FIH] Men's All-Star team in 2010 and 2011. (fih.ch, 23 Dec 2011)

General
SUSPENSION
In August 2011 he and Sandeep Singh were banned for two years by Hockey India after leaving the national team's training camp in Bangalore ahead of the Asian Champions Trophy. The pair appealed the ban and the suspension was lifted in September 2011 after they apologised for their actions. (indiatoday.intoday.in, 21 Sep 2011)

OCCUPATION
He is the Deputy Superintendent of Haryana Police. (mid-day.com, 29 Feb 2012)


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