Joginder Singh (3 August 1939 – 6 November 2002), nicknamed "Gindi",
, Sports Reference was an Indian

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player. Playing in the right-wing position, he won the silver medal with his team at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

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and the

1962 Asian Games ) , Host city = Jakarta, Indonesia , Nations participating = 17 , Athletes participating = 1,460 , Events = 120 in 13 sports , Opening ceremony = 24 August 1962 , Closing ceremony = 4 September 1962 , ...

in Jakarta, and then the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in

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. He was born in

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders ...

. After retiring, he settled in

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, where he worked as a sports officer for the

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(BNR), which was later renamed the South Eastern Railway (SER). He died at age 63 after a protracted kidney illness.

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