Muhammad Waqas Sharif (born 3 September 1988) is a Pakistani
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. He plays as Right Out.
Career
2008
Waqas was member of the team for
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
in
Beijing
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.
2010
Waqas was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the
Asian Games
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...
in
Guanzhou
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,
China
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.
2012
Waqas was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the
2012 Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2012 Men's Asian Champions Trophy was the second edition of the Men's Asian Champions Trophy. The tournament was held from 20 to 27 December 2012 in Doha, Qatar. The top six Asian teams (India, Oman, Pakistan, China, Malaysia and Japan) partici ...
in
Doha
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,
Qatar
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. Muhammad Waqas was top scorer in the tournament with 11 goals. He was part of Pakistan's
2012 Summer Olympic
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
team.
References
External links
Pakistan Hockey Team
1988 births
Living people
Olympic field hockey players for Pakistan
Pakistani male field hockey players
Field hockey players from Sialkot
Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Asian Games medalists in field hockey
Field hockey players at the 2006 Asian Games
Field hockey players at the 2010 Asian Games
Field hockey players at the 2014 Asian Games
Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan
Asian Games silver medalists for Pakistan
Asian Games bronze medalists for Pakistan
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Pakistan
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