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Age: 25 Years
Relationship Status: Single
Hometown: Batala, Punjab
Some Lesser Known Facts About Simranjeet Singh
- Simranjeet Singh is an Indian discipline hockey participant who’s primarily a midfielder for the Indian nationwide discipline hockey staff. He got here into the limelight after his choice within the Indian discipline hockey staff for the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
- Simranjeet’s ancestral house is in Chahal Kalan village in Batala within the Gurdaspur district of Punjab State.
- Since childhood, Simranjeet needed to develop into a hockey participant. His paternal uncle, who noticed his ardour for the game, took him to their dwelling in Batala, Punjab, from Uttar Pradesh.
- Simrajeet initially educated in discipline hockey in Patiala, after which he educated at Surjit Hockey Academy, Jalandhar.
- He was born right into a family with a historical past in discipline hockey. His father and one among his brothers are former discipline hockey gamers. His uncle Rashpal Singh was a discipline hockey participant. Raspal’s son and his cousin, Gurjat Singh, can be knowledgeable Indian discipline hockey participant.
- In 2014, he competed as a part of the Indian males’s discipline hockey staff within the 2014 Sultan of Johor Cup wherein India defeated Great Britain by 2-1.
- Simranjeet acquired the Hockey India Annual Award 2014 for his contribution in direction of selling discipline hockey on nationwide and worldwide platforms.
- Simarjeet then competed within the Breda Invitational U21 Matches 2015 and 4 Nations Invitational (Valencia): Junior Men 2015 as part of the Indian staff.
- In 2016, Simranjeet was part of the Indian staff enjoying within the Men’s FIH Hockey Junior World Cup (previously Hockey Junior World Cup), which was held in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The Indian staff received in opposition to Belgium by a 2-1 rating. The staff additionally included his cousin Gurjat Singh, who was named the Man of the Match within the event.
- In 2017, he performed within the Hockey India League (HIL) as part of the staff Ranchi Rays. In a match, he was awarded Rs. 50,000 and named Coal India Goal of the Match.
- In 2018, he was part of the Indian staff collaborating within the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. In the event, the Indian staff received fifth place after it misplaced to Ireland.
- In 2018, he competed as a part of the Indian staff within the 4 Nations Invitational Tournament (M) two instances, first on the event held in Hamilton and the opposite in Tauranga. Team India received each the tournaments.
- The identical yr, Simranjeet competed within the Men’s Rabobank Hockey Champions Trophy, held in Brenda, Netherlands, as part of the Indian staff. In the event, Australia defeated India within the finals.
- Simranjeet then performed within the 2018 Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy, which was held in Brenda, Netherlands, from 23 June to 1 July 2018. The Indian staff reached the finals however misplaced to Australia by 3-1, bagging a silver medal.
- In the 2018 Commonwealth Games, held in Gold Coast (Australia), Simranjeet was a part of the Indian staff and received fourth place after shedding the Bronze Medal match to England.
- In the 2018 Asian Games – Men’s Field Hockey Tournament, held in Jakarta, Indonesia, Simranjeet participated as a member of the Indian staff, which misplaced to Malaysia within the semi-finals, successful a bronze medal.
- The subsequent yr, Simranjeet performed as part of the Indian staff within the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. The staff turned a winner of the event after it defeated the South Korean staff by 2-4.
- In the 2018–19 Men’s FIH Series Finals, held in Bhubaneswar, India, Simranjeet competed as part of the Indian staff that received within the finals in opposition to South Africa and bagged a gold medal.
- In the 2020–21 Men’s FIH Pro League, Singh performed as part of the Indian staff, which earned fourth place. The event was received by Belgium who was titled Champions of the event.
- Simranjeet was chosen to be a part of the Indian staff for the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo, Japan. Olympics was postponed to 2021 as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. After International Olympic Committee determined to incorporate ‘alternate athletes’ in few sports activities (together with Field Hockey) as a consequence of COVID-19, Simranjeet was added as a ahead to the 18-member Indian discipline hockey staff. According to a supply,
Varun and Simranjeet have been added to the 16-member facet. Now it’s an 18-member facet. Though they’re further, each of them are up for choice in each match as per IOC’s particular tips for Tokyo 2020.”
India misplaced to Belgium in discipline hockey by 2-5. In the bronze medal match in opposition to Germany, India received by 4-5, which introduced India its first discipline hockey medal on the Olympics after 1980 (nearly after 41 years); Simranjeet scored two objectives (seventeenth and thirty fourth minutes) within the match.
- In an interview, Simranjeet talked about his dream to play in Olympics, and his expertise and India’s win within the sport. He stated,
It was my dream and it will likely be an unforgettable expertise. When I went to sleep final evening, I used to be dreaming about making these objectives and immediately I used to be in a position to fulfil my desires and this can be a very proud second for us to assist India lead on this sport. Today we have now made 1.3 billion Indians proud by ending on the rostrum. This is a lifetime expertise and we’ll attempt to proceed this on to different tournaments.”
- Simranjeet has typically promoted the hockey sticks model Rakshak Hockey on social media platforms.
- He is trilingual and is nice in Hindi, English, and Punjabi.