List of Indian hockey captains in Olympics

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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

NameYearRankVenueBirthState
Jaipal Singh Munda1928Gold medalAmsterdam Olympics3 January 1903Takra Pahantoli, Ranchi, Bengal Presidency (now in Jharkhand)
Lal Shah Bokhari1932Gold medalLos Angeles Olympics22 July 1909Faisalabad, Punjab Province (now in Pakistan)
Dhyan Chand1936Gold medalBerlin Olympics29 August 1905Allahabad, United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh)
Kishan Lal1948Gold medalLondon Olympics2 February 1917Mhow, Central Provinces and Berar (now Madhya Pradesh)
K. D. Singh1952Gold medalHelsinki Olympics2 February 1922Barabanki, United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh)
Balbir Singh Sr.1956Gold medalMelbourne Olympics31 December 1923Haripur Khalsa, Punjab Province (now Punjab)
Leslie Claudius1960Silver medalRome Olympics25 May 1927Bilaspur, Central Provinces and Berar (now Chhattisgarh)
Charanjit Singh1964Gold medalTokyo Olympics3 February 1931Mairi, Punjab Province (now Himachal Pradesh)
Gurbux Singh and Prithipal Singh1968Bronze medalMexico City Olympics11 February 1936
28 January 1932		Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province (now in Pakistan)
Nankana Sahib, Punjab Province (now in Pakistan)
Harmik Singh1972Bronze medalMunich Olympics10 June 1947Gujranwala, Punjab Province (now in Pakistan)
Ajit Pal Singh19767th PositionMontreal Olympics1 April 1947Sansarpur, Punjab Province (now Punjab)
Vasudevan Baskaran1980Gold medalMoscow Olympics17 August 1950Madras, Madras State (now Tamil Nadu)
Zafar Iqbal19845th PositionLos Angeles Olympics12 June 1956Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
M. M. Somaya19886th PositionSeoul Olympics8 May 1959Coorg, Karnataka
Pargat Singh[1]19927th PositionBarcelona Olympics5 March 1965Mithapur, Jalandhar, Punjab
Pargat Singh[2]19968th PositionAtlanta Olympics5 March 1965Mithapur, Jalandhar, Punjab
Ramandeep Singh[3]20007th PositionSydney Olympics8 August 1971Chandigarh[4]
Dilip Tirkey20047th PositionAthens Olympics25 November 1977Saunamara, Sundergarh, Orissa (now Odisha)
Bharat Chetri[5]201212th PositionLondon Olympics15 December 1981Kalimpong, West Bengal
P. R. Sreejesh[6]20168th positionRio Olympics8 May 1988Kochi, Kerala
Manpreet Singh2020Bronze medalTokyo Olympics26 June 1992Mithapur, Jalandhar, Punjab
Harmanpreet Singh2024Bronze medalParis Olympics6 January 1996Timmowal, Amritsar, Punjab

Women's

NameYearRankVenueBirthState
Rupa Kumari Saini19804th positionMoscow Olympics2 September 1954Faridkot, Punjab
Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam201612th positionRio Olympics25 February 1992Imphal, Manipur
Rani Rampal20204th positionTokyo Olympics4 December 1994Shahabad Markanda, Haryana

References

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  2. "Short Biography of Pargat Singh (Former captain of the Indian hockey team)". 17 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  3. "Short Biography of Raman deep Singh Grewal". 17 August 2011. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  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.