Amit Singh Bakshi
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| National team |  India | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 September 1925 British India | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 June 2024 (aged 98) Dwarka, Delhi, India | |||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Satish Chander Dhawan Government College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India | |||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1945–1951 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprints | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Playing position | Centre half | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1951–1962 | Services | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps (Gls) | |||||||||||||||
| 1956 | India | 1 (0) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Amit Singh Bakshi (17 September 1925 – 22 June 2024) was an Indian athlete and field hockey player.[1]
Biography
[edit]Bakshi won a gold medal as a member of the men's 4x400m relay team, and a silver medal in men's 400 metres at the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi.
He won a gold medal as a member of the India national team at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[2] Originally a backup member, he was added to the squad only when Gursewak Singh was declared medically unfit. Bakshi played in just one game, India's 16-0 victory over USA in the group stage.[3] He played for Services in the Senior National Hockey Championship, captaining them to the title in 1953 and 1956, and the runner-up position in 1954.
Bakshi was a Wing Commander in the Indian Air Force, and was later released to Air India as a commercial pilot.
Bakshi died on 22 June 2024, at the age of 98.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Amit SINGH BAKSHI - Olympic Hockey | India". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Amit Singh Bakshi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Olympedia - Amit Singh Bakshi".
- ^ "Hockey India mourns the loss of Amit Singh Bakshi- 1956 Melbourne Olympics Gold medallist, a true pioneer of the sport. His legacy will forever inspire future generations". Hockey India on X. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Recently Deceased 1925-born Olympians". OlympStats. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
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- 1925 births
- 2024 deaths
- Indian male sprinters
- Indian male field hockey players
- Athletes from Punjab, India
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for India
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games
- Field hockey players from Punjab, India
- Field hockey players at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for India
- Olympic gold medalists for India
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics