Muneer Sait (sometimes spelled Munir Sait, born 27 May 1940) is a retired Indian

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 ...

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

. Sait was the goalkeeper of the Indian hockey team at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. The Indian team won the bronze medal that year. Sait is from

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

. He has been chosen as tournament director on more than one occasion. He was also chosen as a part of the five member selection committee by the Hockey India in 2009. He lives in Chennai and is also associated with the Squash Rackets Federation of

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. For his work on field hockey, the

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awarded Sait the President's Award in 2005.

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* 1940 births Living people Field hockey players from Chennai Male field hockey goalkeepers Indian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of India Olympic bronze medalists for India Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1968 Summer Olympics {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub