men's national field hockey team, India , nationalyears1 = 1993–2004 , nationalcaps1 = 327 , nationalgoals1 = 100 Baljit ("Baljeet") Singh Dhillon (born June 18, 1973) is a

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midfielder from

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, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1993 during the test series against

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d ''Balli'', Singh Dhillon represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in

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, where India finished in eighth place.

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* 1973 births Living people Male field hockey forwards Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of India 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Place of birth missing (living people) Indian male field hockey players Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1994 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Recipients of the Arjuna Award {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub