Gagan Ajit Singh (born 9 December 1980) is an Indian former

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player who played as a forward. He was the captain of the India national under-21 team that won the 2001 Junior World Cup. He was a member of the Indian senior national team that played at two

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— 2000 Sydney and

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Biography

Gagan Ajit Singh was born on 9 December 1980 in

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, a city in the Indian

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. His father Ajit Singh was also an Olympian and played for India at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. His uncle is another Olympian

Harmik Singh Harmik Singh (born 10 June 1945) is a former captain of the Indian field hockey team and coach. He played for India in many tournaments including the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. He was awarded the Arjuna Award for his achievements. Singh is ...

. Gagan Ajit was educated at the Union Academy Senior Secondary School and

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. Singh trained in hockey at the Government Arts and Sports College in Jalandhar in 1995. In 1997, he was selected by New Delhi's Air India Hockey Academy to compete in the junior national tournament. Singh scored 26 goals and emerged as the tournament's top-scorer. He captained the side in 1999. Singh made his senior national debut in 1997 during a test series against

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. Singh played at the

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and the

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, where India finished in seventh place on both occasions. Singh was the top-scorer for India with seven goals in the latter competition.

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