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Surinder Singh Sodhi is a former field hockey player from India. He is famous for playing a major role in getting India the gold medal in 1980 Olympic games after a gap of 16 years. He played in the center forward position.
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's field hockey | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1980 Moscow | Team Competition |
| Asian Games | ||
 | 1978 Bangkok | Team |
| Champions Trophy | ||
 | 1982 Amstelveen | |
In the final against Spain, Surinder Singh Sodhi gave India a rousing start as it established a comfortable three-goal lead early in the second half. Surinder Singh Sodhi scoring 2 of those. But Spain gamely bounced back into the game with 2 unanswered goals. With Spain raiding the Indian defence, and with only 6 minutes left, Mohammed Shahid scored a goal. However, with only 4 minutes remaining, Spain scored yet again with their skipper Juan Amat completing his hattrick. The atmosphere in the last few minutes was electric, and India finally won the thriller 4-3, and thus regained the elusive gold after a long time. In previous games Surinder Singh Sodhi scored 5 goals against Tanzania and 4 goals against Cuba.[1]
The 15 goals scored by him in the 1980 Moscow Olympics is the second highest goals at the games and highest tally by an Indian in an Olympic hockey competition. It equalised the earlier record of 15 goals set by the great Udham Singh in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
References
External links
- Surinder Singh Sodhi at Olympedia
- Surinder Singh Sodhi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Pakistan honoured four former Indian Olympians including Surinder Singh Sodhi. 20 September 2004. The Hindu.
India squad – 1978 Asian Games – Silver medal | ||
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India squad – 1980 Summer Olympics – Gold medal (8th Title) | ||
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India squad – 1982 Champions Trophy – 3rd place | ||
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[de] Surinder Singh
Surinder Singh Sodhi Shokar (* 22. Juni 1957 in Firozpur, Punjab) ist ein ehemaliger indischer Hockeyspieler. Er spielte bei den Olympischen Spielen 1980 in Moskau in der siegreichen indischen Mannschaft.- [en] Surinder Singh Sodhi
[ru] Содхи, Суриндер Сингх
Суриндер Сингх Содхи Шокар (англ. Surinder Singh Sodhi Shokar, 22 июня 1957, Фирозпур, Индия) — индийский хоккеист (хоккей на траве), нападающий. Олимпийский чемпион 1980 года.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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