Hardik Singh (born 23 September 1998) is an Indian

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player who plays as a midfielder for the Indian national team.

International career

After becoming the vice-captain of the Indian junior team, he made his senior international debut at the

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and was part of India's squad at the

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and

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Personal life

Singh's father Varinderpreet Singh Ray, who works as a police officer, played for India, and grandfather Preetam Singh Ray was a hockey coach with the Indian Navy. He regards his paternal uncle and former Indian drag-flicker Jugraj Singh as his mentor. His aunt Rajbir Kaur also played internationally for India while her husband Gurmail Singh participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics where India won the gold medal.

References

External links

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* 1998 births Living people Indian male field hockey players Field hockey players from Jalandhar Olympic field hockey players of India Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics People from Jalandhar district Male field hockey midfielders 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Olympic bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Recipients of the Arjuna Award 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub