India hockey Olympic medalist Varinder Singh dies aged 75

Varinder Singh, who was a part of a dominant Indian males’s hockey group within the Nineteen Seventies, handed away on Tuesday in Jalandhar.

Varinder Singh handed away aged 75 (Photo Courtesy: Hockey India)

Legendary Indian hockey participant Varinder Singh, an Olympic and world championships medalist, handed away in Jalandhar on Tuesday, June 27. The hockey nice was 75.

Varinder Singh was a part of the bronze medal-winning Indian males’s hockey group on the 1972 Munich Olympics. he was an integral member of India’s dominant hockey group within the Nineteen Seventies.

Hockey India condoled Varinder Singh’s passing away and stated the legendary participant’s achievements will likely be remembered worldwide.

In gentle of the tragic passing of the good Hockey participant Shri Varinder Singh, we pray to the Almighty to grant the departed individual’s soul everlasting relaxation and to supply the relations the fortitude to endure this irreparable loss. pic.twitter.com/s7Jb5xH0e3

— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) June 28, 2022

Among his stupendous achievements embody a Gold medal on the 1975 Men’s Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This stays India’s solely Gold medal on the prestigious World Cup the place India has overwhelmed nemesis Pakistan 2-1.

He additionally needed to his credit score a silver medal on the 1974 and 1978 Asian Games, respectively. The Indian hockey stalwart additionally featured within the 1975 Montreal Olympics.

In 2007, Varinder was conferred with the distinguished Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award.