Balbir Singh Grewal

Balbir Singh Grewal (born 21 September 1945), also known as Balbir Singh (Railways), is a retired Indian field hockey player. He played for Railways in the Indian Senior National Hockey Championship. He was part of the Indian teams that won the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics, gold medal at the 1966 Asian Games and silver medal at the 1970 Asian Games.[1][2] His brother was the Indian hockey international Gurbux Singh Grewal.[3]

This article is about the hockey player born on 21 September 1945 who served in Indian Railways. For other hockey players with the same name, see Balbir Singh.

Balbir Singh Grewal
Personal information
Nickname(s)Balbir Singh (Railways)
NationalityIndia
Born (1945-09-21) 21 September 1945
Lyallpur, Punjab Province, British India (present-day Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan)
RelativesGurbux Singh Grewal (brother)
Sport
SportField hockey
Event(s)Men's team
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  India
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1968 Mexico CityTeam
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1966 Bangkok Team
Silver medal – second place 1970 Bangkok Team

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Balbir Singh Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  2. "Bharatiya Hockey".
  3. "Brothers who played hockey for India".


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