Jarmanpreet Singh

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|7|18|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Amritsar, Punjab, India

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|height = 1.85 m

|position = Defender

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|clubs1 = Hockey Punjab

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|clubs2 = Railways

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|clubs3 = Income Tax

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|years4 = 2024–

|clubs4 = Delhi SG Pipers

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|nationalteam1 = India U21

|nationalyears1 = 2013–2014

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|nationalyears2 = 2018–

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Jarmanpreet Singh (born 18 July 1996) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a defender. He is selected in the Indian team for the 2024 Summer Olympics, which is his debut Olympics.{{Cite news |date=2024-07-12 |title=Jarmanpreet Singh's Olympic debut is Indian hockey's 'never give up' story |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/paris-olympics-2024/jarmanpreet-singhs-olympic-debut-is-indian-hockeys-never-give-up-story/articleshow/111682432.cms |access-date=2024-07-12 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}{{Cite news |date=2024-06-26 |title=Five Olympic debutants in Indian men's hockey squad for Paris 2024 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/paris-olympics-2024/five-olympic-debutants-in-indian-mens-hockey-squad-for-paris-2024/articleshow/111285205.cms |access-date=2024-07-23 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}

Early life

Singh is from Amritsar, Punjab. Earlier, he played for Railway Sports Promotion Board in the domestic tournaments. But later joined Income Tax department.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-12 |title=Hockey player Jarmanpreet puts behind dark memories of doping ban, gears up for Olympics debut |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/special-pages/paris-2024-olympics/hockey-player-jarmanpreet-singh-doping-olympics-ban-1.9718675 |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=English.Mathrubhumi |language=en}}

Career

Singh was part of the Indian junior team at the Junior World Cup 2016. He was banned for two years in 2016 as he failed a dope test after he took a painkiller prescribed by his doctor for back pain.{{Cite news |date=2024-07-12 |title=Jarmanpreet Singh's Olympic debut is Indian hockey's 'never give up' story |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/paris-olympics-2024/jarmanpreet-singhs-olympic-debut-is-indian-hockeys-never-give-up-story/articleshow/111682432.cms |access-date=2024-07-12 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}

He made his senior international debut at the 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Breda where India won the silver medal.{{cite news |last1=Veerappa |first1=Manuja |title=Jarmanpreet endures dope ban, makes it to Indian hockey team |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/jarmanpreet-endures-dope-ban-makes-it-to-indian-hockey-team/articleshow/64404943.cms |accessdate=28 October 2018 |work=The Times of India |date=31 May 2018}} He was part of the gold medal-winning Indian team at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.{{Cite web |title=Asian Games Results |url=https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/hockey/result-men-fnl-000200-.htm |access-date=6 October 2023 |website=2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou |archive-date=8 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008232508/https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/hockey/result-men-fnl-000200-.htm |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2024-07-12 |title=Paris 2024: Defender Jarmanpreet, who once served doping ban, geared up for Olympics debut |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/hockey/jarmanpreet-singh-india-hockey-defender-paris-olympics-2024-doping-ban-comeback/article68396104.ece |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}

Awards

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2024

|Arjuna Award

|Outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2024

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|{{Cite web |date=2025-01-02 |title=National Sports Day 2024: Full list of Khel Ratna, Arjuna award winners |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/khel-ratna-arjuna-award-dronacharya-manu-bhaker-d-gukesh-full-list-winners-national-sports-day-2658628-2025-01-02 |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=India Today |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-17 |title=Jarmanpreet Singh feels "proud" after receiving prestigious Arjuna Award |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/jarmanpreet-singh-feels-proud-after-receiving-prestigious-arjuna-award20250117203404/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=ANI |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-25 |title=All it takes to become a champion explained by Arjuna Awardee Jarmanpreet Singh |url=https://www.oneturf.news/hockey/all-it-takes-to-become-a-champion-explained-by-arjuna-awardee-jarmanpreet-singh |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=OneTurf News |language=en}}