Punjab Olympics Association felicitates Punjabi players and coaches in Indian Olympics squad
Indian Hockey Team and Punjab Olympic Association releases Navdeep Gill’s Book ‘Tokyo Olympics De Saade Hockey Khidari’
Chandigarh, September 25
The Punjab Olympic association today felicitated the contingent of Punjabi players and coaches which took part in recently concluded Tokyo Olympics.
During a function held here today, the President of Association Brahm Mohindra, senior Vice President Rajdeep Singh Gill, Secretary General KS Sidhu, Vice President Pargat Singh and Vice President of Indian Olympic Association Kuldeep Vats honoured the players and coaches with silver plaque.
Those who were felicitated today included members of Bronze medal winner Indian Hockey squad Manpreet Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Hardik Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Shamsher Singh, Gurbanta Singh and Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Boxer Simranjot Kaur, Shooter Anjum Moudgill, coaches Shivendra Singh, Mahinder Singh Dhillon and Sandeep Kumar.
A book ‘Tokyo Olympics De Saade Hockey Khidari’, based on a brief biography of bronze medal winning players of the Indian hockey team at the Tokyo Olympics, was also released at the occasion. This is the fifth book authored by a Sports Writer Navdeep Singh Gill, who is also a media advisor to the Punjab Olympic Association.
Navdeep Singh Gill, who is serving as an Information and Public Relations Officer in Punjab Government said that the book comprises a brief biography of all 19 hockey players and Chief Coach Graham Reid. The book also provides information on the history of Indian Hockey at the Olympic Games and the performance of the Indian Hockey Team at the Tokyo Olympics
Prominent among other who were present at the occasion included Padam Shri Kartar Singh, Teja Singh Dhaliwal, Sikander Singh Maluka, KVS Sidhu, Arjuna Awardee Tara Singh, RK Bali, KVS Brar, Manider Kaur Virk, Kulwinder Singh Thiara, Prabhjit Singh, Jasbir Singh Gill and Sandeep Saini (POA Officials), Padam Shri Bahadur Singh, Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu, SS Pannu and Baldev Singh (all Dronacharya Awardee), Baljit Singh Dhillon and Madhuri Saxena (both Arjuna Awardee), Moscow Olympics Gold Medallist Devinder Singh Garcha, Olympian Hardeep Singh Grewal, Junior World Cup Winner Tejbir Singh, Athlete Harmilan Bains and Chandigarh Olympics Association President Amrinder Singh Bajaj.
