Sylvanus Dung Dung (born January 27, 1949) is a former

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player from

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. Received the Dhyanchand award in 2016.

References

Sylvanus Dung Dung's profile at databaseOlympics

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* 1949 births Living people People from Simdega district Field hockey players from Jharkhand Olympic field hockey players of India Olympic gold medalists for India Olympic medalists in field hockey Indian male field hockey players Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Dhyan Chand Award Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1978 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1980 Summer Olympics {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub