Balraj Panesar

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| full_name = Balraj Singh Panesar

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|3|16|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

| position = Defender / Midfielder

| currentclub = East Grinstead

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Balraj Singh Panesar (born March 16, 1996) is a Canadian field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for the English Premier Club Beeston HC and the Canadian national team.

Early life

Panesar was born on March 16, 1996, in Surrey, British Columbia. He was introduced to the sport by his father; his elder brother Sukhi Panesar has also represented Canada in field hockey.

Club career

Panesar played for the UBC Thunderbirds and United Brothers in Canada before moving to England. He joined Beeston HC{{cite web |title=Beeston Men's Adult Saturday Club Matches |url=https://www.beestonhockeyclub.com/beeston-mens-adult-saturday-club-matches/ |access-date=31 May 2023 |date=15 Oct 2022}}

International career

Panesar made his national senior team debut in 2014. The same year, he was part of the Canadian team that won the silver medal at the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.{{cite web|title=Balraj Panesar|url=http://www.fieldhockey.ca/athlete/balraj-panesar/|accessdate=30 October 2017|publisher=fieldhockey.ca}} He captained the Canadian team at the 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup in Lucknow, India.{{cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Prabhjot|title=Overseas Indian sportsmen have done their homeland proud|url=https://www.theindianpanorama.news/overseas-indian-sportsmen-done-homeland-proud/|accessdate=30 October 2017|work=The Indian Panorama|date=6 January 2017}} He was part of the national team that clinched silver at the 2017 Men's Pan American Cup in Lancaster, United States. He was selected for the 2018 World Cup,{{cite web |title=Field Hockey Canada announces 2018 Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Roster |url=http://www.fieldhockey.ca/2018/11/02/29867/ |website=fieldhockey.ca |accessdate=20 December 2018 |date=2 November 2018}} where he played all four games. In June 2019, he was selected in the Canada squad for the 2019 Pan American Games.{{cite web |title=Field Hockey Canada announces Pan American Games Men's National Team roster |url=http://www.fieldhockey.ca/2019/06/17/field-hockey-canada-announces-pan-american-games-mens-national-team-roster/ |website=www.fieldhockey.ca |publisher=Field Hockey Canada |accessdate=18 June 2019 |date=17 June 2019}} They won the silver medal as they lost 5–2 to Argentina in the final.{{cite web |title=Canadian men's field hockey team misses chance to qualify for Olympics |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/canadian-men-s-field-hockey-team-misses-chance-to-qualify-for-olympics-1.4544862 |website=www.ctvnews.ca |publisher=CTV News |accessdate=12 August 2019 |date=11 August 2019}}

References

External links

{{International Hockey Federation}}
{{Field Hockey Canada}}
{{Team Canada}}
{{Olympics.com profile}}
{{Olympedia}}
{{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|hockey/athlete-profile-n6030039-balraj-panesar}}
{{2019 Pan American Games profile|hockey/athlete-profile-n1136692-panesar-balraj-singh}}

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Category:1996 births

Category:Living people

Category:Canadian male field hockey players

Category:Sportspeople from Surrey, British Columbia

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Category:Canadian people of Punjabi descent