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Full name | Rajinder Singh Chauhan | |||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Raj | |||||||||||||
Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||
Born |
Sarih, Nakodar |
13 May 1959 |||||||||||||
Residence | Jalandhar, Punjab, India | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) (2008) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) (2011) | |||||||||||||
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Country | India | |||||||||||||
Sport | Field hockey | |||||||||||||
Club | Punjab & Sindh Bank | |||||||||||||
Team | Men field hockey 1983-2007 | |||||||||||||
Now coaching | 2004 Women field hockey Chief Coach 2005-2006 Men field hockey Coach Sher-e-Punjab |
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Medal record
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Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award 1984(Punjab), Dhyan Chand Award 2005, Dronacharya Award 2011
Sir Rajinder Singh Jr.(Punjabi: ਰਾਜਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ,Urdu: راجندر سنگہ) Best Known as Rajinder Sir by field hockey players, is field hockey Coach and player of Indian field hockey.
Rajinder Singh Singh was born on 13 May 1959 in Srih village of Indian Punjab. He started field hockey in his childhood and developed an interest in this game. He then joined Punjab field hockey and was chosen as best performer and given Dronacharya award too. He coached Indian field hockey from 2001–2003 and then from 2005 to 2011.
He is Punjab & Sindh Bank Chief Coach Cum Sports superintendent for Men's 11 field hockey team (3 times awarded Best Team of India)
Baldip Saini, Sanjiv Kumar, Gurvinder Chand, Raj Pal, Sarabjit