Govind Sawant

{{Short description|Indian field hockey player (1935–2001)}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's field hockey }}

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{{MedalSilver | 1960 Rome | Team }}

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Govind Sawant (28 November 1935 – 8 September 2001) was an Indian field hockey player. He was born in Gujarat. He won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.{{cite news |title=Remembering Govindrao Sawant: Gujarat's one and only Olympic medalist in six decades. |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/remembering-govindrao-sawant-gujarats-one-and-only-olympic-medalist-in-six-decades/articleshow/112135412.cms |access-date=13 August 2024 |agency=The Economic Times |date=30 July 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Tere |first1=Tushar |title=Barodian brought home Gujarat's only olympic medal six decades ago |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/barodian-brought-home-gujarats-only-olympic-medal-6-decades-ago/articleshow/112122092.cms |access-date=13 August 2024 |agency=Times of India |date=30 July 2024 |archive-date=31 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731054719/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/barodian-brought-home-gujarats-only-olympic-medal-6-decades-ago/articleshow/112122092.cms |url-status=live }}{{cite Sports-Reference|title=Govind Sawant |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/govind-sawant-1.html |accessdate=12 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216231108/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/govind-sawant-1.html |archivedate=16 December 2012 }}