Sukhwinder ("Gabbar") Singh (born 15 November 1978 in
Batala
Batala is the eighth largest city in the state of Punjab, India in terms of population after Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, Bathinda, Mohali and Hoshiarpur. Batala ranks as the second-oldest city after Bathinda. It is a municipal corpo ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
) is an Indian-born Canadian
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
player, who is a member of the
Canada national field hockey team that won the gold medal at the
2007 Pan American Games
The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com ...
. He plays in the Premier League in Vancouver, Canada for United Brothers Field Hockey Club. Gabbar started playing hockey in India at a young age and by the time he reached his late teenage years, he was already playing for
Punjab Police, a well recognized team in India. His recent matches are his Australian tour and also the 7 test series against India in British Columbia, Canada
References
Canadian Olympic CommitteeProfile
External links
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1978 births
Living people
Canadian male field hockey players
Field hockey players at the 2007 Pan American Games
Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 2011 Pan American Games
Olympic field hockey players for Canada
Field hockey people from British Columbia
Canadian sportspeople of Indian descent
Canadian people of Punjabi descent
Sportspeople from Gurdaspur district
Indian male field hockey players
Indian emigrants to Canada
Naturalized citizens of Canada
World Series Hockey players
Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
Field hockey players from Punjab, India
Pan American Games medalists in field hockey
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players
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