Arshad Chaudhry
{{short description|Pakistani field hockey player}}
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| birth_date = April 10, 1950
| birth_place = Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
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| death_place = Lahore, Pakistan
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Arshad Ali Chaudhry (April 10, 1950 – June 11, 2015) was an international field hockey player from Pakistan. He is the son of Chaudhry Sadique Salar, nephew of Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool, and cousin of Akhtar Rasool.Pakistan Economist, 1972, p ix, Pakistan
Early life and education
Chaudhry was born in Faisalabad (formerly Lyallpur) District of Punjab, Pakistan. He earned his B.A. from Government College Faisalabad where he was also the captain of college hockey team. He got an M.A. in history from Punjab University, Lahore in 1973. In 1975 he was selected Assistant Manager in PIA.
Career
Chaudhry was selected for the Punjab University Hockey team in 1971 for the Inter-Varsity Hockey Championship held at Karachi.Rāvī, 1971, p 92, Government College (Lahore, Pakistan). The team won the Inter-Varsity Championship the following year. Chaudhry remained an active hockey international player in the Pakistani national team from 1971 through 1976 and played as right half-back.
He represented Pakistan in over 33 national and international matches.{{cite web |url=http://www.phf.com.pk/int_record.php |title=Pakistan Hockey Federation |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030206033223/http://www.phf.com.pk/int_record.php |archivedate=February 6, 2003|accessdate=5 July 2018}} He represented Pakistani Men's hockey team which participated in the 1975 third World Cup Hockey, held at Kuala Lumpur and won the Silver Medal.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}} In 1976 he participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics held at Montreal and won a bronze medal.http://www.quadrodemedalhas.com/en/olympic-games/summer-olympic-games-field-hockey.htm. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080819000737/http://www.quadrodemedalhas.com/en/olympic-games/summer-olympic-games-field-hockey.htm |date=19 August 2008 }}The complete book of the Olympics, 1984, p 277, David Wallechinsky – Sports & Recreation. He retired from active hockey after the Montreal Olympics in 1976 and died in June 2015 at the age of 65.[http://www.dawn.com/news/1187739 Arshad Chaudhry's obituary] Dawn (newspaper), Published 12 June 2015, Retrieved 5 July 2018
References
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External links
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Category:Pakistani male field hockey players
Category:Olympic field hockey players for Pakistan
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Pakistan
Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey
Category:Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Field hockey players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Asian Games medalists in field hockey
Category:Field hockey players at the 1974 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan