) is a field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 striker from India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, whose father Ajit Singh played for the national team

India national field hockey team

The India national field hockey team is the national men's team representing field hockey in India. It is the first non-European team to be a part of the International Hockey Federation....

 at the 1972

1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....

 and 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

. He is a nephew of Harmik Singh

Harmik Singh

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

. He attended Jamia Millia Islamia

Jamia Millia Islamia

Jamia Millia Islamia is an Indian Central University located in Delhi. It was established at Aligarh in United Provinces, India in 1920. It became a Central University by an act of the Indian Parliament in 1988...

 for graduation..

Making his debut in 1997 during a test series against Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, Singh played at the 2000

Field hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics

-Men's Tournament:* See also: Men's Hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics -Group A:-Group B:September 16, 2000September 17, 2000September 17, 2000September 19, 2000September 19, 2000September 19, 2000September 21, 2000...

 and the 2004 Summer Olympics

Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Field Hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Olympic Hockey Centre located within the Helliniko Olympic Complex. The competitions for both men and women was split into two groups with the top two teams after the preliminary rounds progressing through to the semi-finals.-Men's...

, where India finished in seventh place on both occasions. Since that last tournament, Singh is playing in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, for HC Klein Zwitserland

HC Klein Zwitserland

HC Klein Zwitserland is a field hockey club from The Hague, Netherlands, which was founded on September 20, 1908. With 1.591 members – as of January 1, 2006 – it is the tenth club in the Netherlands...

, alongside his fellow countryman Dilip Tirkey

Dilip Tirkey

Dilip Tirkey hailing from Sundargarh, Orissa is a former Indian hockey player and his playing position was of full back. He was best known for his penalty corner hit. Dilip was one of the most difficult defenders to beat in the world...

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