Gagan Ajit Singh

{{short description|Indian field hockey player}}

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{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Gagan Ajit Singh

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|12|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Firozpur, Punjab, India

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| position = Forward

| clubs1 = Punjab Police

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| clubs2 = HC Klein Zwitserland

| years2 = 2005–2007

| clubs3 = Hoofdklasse

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| clubs4 = Sher-e-Punjab{{cite news |title= Gagan Ajit Singh to Make Come Back in World Series Hockey |url= http://thefansofhockey.com/2012/02/10/gagan-ajit-singh-to-make-come-back-in-world-series-hockey/id-3647.html |publisher= The Fans of Hockey |accessdate= 2013-01-14 |date=10 February 2012}}

| years4 = 2012

| caps4 = 16

| goals4 = 5

| nationalteam1 = India U21

| nationalyears1 = –2001

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| nationalteam2 = India

| nationalyears2 = 1997–2007

| nationalcaps2 = 200+

| nationalgoals2 = 100+

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|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's field hockey}}

{{MedalCountry | {{fhm|IND}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2002 Busan|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asia Cup}}

{{MedalGold|2003 Kuala Lumpur|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|1999 Kuala Lumpur|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Champions Challenge}}

{{MedalGold|2001 Kuala Lumpur|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Junior World Cup}}

{{MedalGold|2001 Hobart|Team}}

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Gagan Ajit Singh (born 9 December 1980) is an Indian former field hockey player who played as a forward.{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/hockey/india-look-to-break-15-year-jinx-at-junior-hockey-world-cup-4415026/|title=India look to break 15-year jinx at Junior Hockey World Cup|date=7 December 2016|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2017-06-23|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.news18.com/news/hockey/hockey-indias-top-5-victories-over-pakistan-1304384.html|title=Hockey: India's Top Five Victories Over Pakistan|date=23 October 2016|work=News18|access-date=2017-06-23}} He was the captain of the India national under-21 team that won the 2001 Junior World Cup. He was a member of the Indian senior national team at the 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

Biography

Gagan Ajit Singh was born on 9 December 1980 in Firozpur, a city in the Indian State of Punjab. His father Ajit Singh was also an Olympian and played for India at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. His uncle Harmik Singh is another Olympian. Gagan Ajit was educated at the Union Academy Senior Secondary School and Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi.{{cite web |title=FORMER PLAYER GAGAN AJIT SINGH-INDIANMIRROR |url=https://www.indianmirror.com/games/hockey/former-players/Gagan-Ajit-Singh.html |website=indianmirror.com |access-date=24 May 2022}}

Singh trained in hockey at the Government Arts and Sports College in Jalandhar in 1995. In 1997, he was selected by New Delhi's Air India Hockey Academy to compete in the junior national tournament. Singh scored 26 goals and emerged as the tournament's top-scorer. He captained the side in 1999.

Singh made his senior national debut in 1997 during a test series against Russia. Singh played at the 2000 and the 2004 Summer Olympics, with India finishing in seventh place on both occasions. Singh was the top-scorer for India with seven goals in the latter competition.{{cite news |title=Gagan Ajit India's leading goal scorer |url=https://zeenews.india.com/home/gagan-ajit-indias-leading-goal-scorer_175084.html |access-date=24 May 2022 |work=Zee News |date=29 August 2004 |language=en}}

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