Tariq Masood Niazi (15 March 1940 – 20 April 2008) was a Pakistani

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player between 1961 and 1969 and member of the Olympic team. Niazi was part of the 1964 games in

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where they won a silver medal and the 1968 games in

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where they won the gold. He competed in the

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’s municipal hockey stadium was renamed Tariq Niazi Hockey Stadium in Niazi's honor. Niazi died on 20 April 2008 of a

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.Olympian Tariq dies
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