Adam Antony Sinclair (born 29 February 1984) is an Indian field hockey player and athlete from

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. Among other leading sporting events he was a member of the Indian

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team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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and at the

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Early life

Sinclair hails from Coimbatore. While at school, he was the best in field hockey at

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, Coimbatore. He captained the school team and led the school to win many tournaments. He was elected Head Boy for 2001. He was also the captain of the "Panthers" and led them to victory in the Intra School Sports Event in 2001. He did further studies in

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, Coimbatore.

Career

He made his international debut in May 2004 during a Four Nation Tournament in Gifu ( Japan). Sinclair has played for the Chennai Veerans,

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has played club hockey in

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, and as of September 2011 was playing center-forward for the

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hockey team.

Athletics

Sinclair has also won accolades and medals as an athlete in the

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, high jump and

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events.

Personal life

He got engaged to his girlfriend Vyshali Nair on 6 May 2011. They married on 4 May 2012.

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* * 1988 births Living people World Series Hockey players Field hockey players from Tamil Nadu Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of India People from Coimbatore Anglo-Indian people Field hockey players at the 2006 Asian Games Indian male field hockey players Asian Games competitors for India {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub