Ramesh Unka Patel (born 12 September 1953) is a former

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 ...

player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the

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. In the

1988 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1988 were appointments by most of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other countries ...

, Patel was awarded the

Queen's Service Medal The Queen's Service Medal is a medal awarded by the government of New Zealand to recognise and reward volunteer service to the community and also public service in elected or appointed public office. It was established in 1975 and is related to ...

for community service.

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* New Zealand male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of New Zealand Field hockey players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from Auckland New Zealand sportspeople of Indian descent 1953 births Living people Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand People educated at Onehunga High School {{NewZealand-fieldhockey-bio-stub