Ranjeev Deol (born October 19, 1976 in

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) is a Canadian field hockey player, who plays for West Coast Kings HC.

Career

He played club hockey in the

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since 2003, first at

HC Rotterdam Hockey Club Rotterdam, commonly known as Rotterdam is a Dutch field hockey club based in Rotterdam, South Holland. It was founded on 16 September 1925. The first men's team competes on the highest level of the Dutch field hockey league, which is c ...

then HC MOP and later on with

HC Den Bosch Hockeyclub 's-Hertogenbosch, also known as Den Bosch, is a Dutch field hockey club based in 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant. It was founded on 14 July 1937. The first teams (men and women) both compete on the highest level of the Dutch field hocke ...

and in Australia (Woodville HC). After his international career Ranjeev came back to The Netherlands and returned to HC MOP. After 2 seasons he left MOP and now he is playing for MHC MEP.

International career

Deol played in the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) and 2010 Hockey World Cup (Delhi) and played his first international senior tournament for the Men's National Team in 1998, at the

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. In 2000 Deol missed the

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, where the Canadians finished tenth.

Personal life

His father Surjeet Singh Deol competed in field hockey for

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at two Olympic Games:

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1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

.Surjeet Singh Deol - SIKH Hockey Olympians

International senior competitions

* 1998 —

, Kuala Lumpur (not ranked) * 2001 — World Cup Qualifier, Edinburgh (8th) * 2002 —

, Manchester (6th) * 2003 —

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, Santo Domingo (2nd) * 2004 — Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Madrid (11th) * 2004 — Pan Am Cup, London (2nd) * 2007 — Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Malaysia * 2007 — Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro Brazil (1st) * 2008- Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Malaysia * 2008 — Olympic Games, Beijing (10th) * 2009 — Pan American Cup, Santiago Chile (1st) * 2009- Champions Challenge, Salta Argentina * 2010- Hockey World Cup, New Delhi India (11th)

References

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* 1976 births Living people Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Canadian male field hockey players Field hockey people from Ontario Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2007 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of Canada Sportspeople from Mississauga Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Canadian sportspeople of Indian descent Canadian people of Punjabi descent HC Rotterdam players Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players {{Canada-fieldhockey-bio-stub