Tanvir Ahmed Dar (4 June 1937 – 11 February 1998)[1] was a Pakistani field hockey player who played as a fullback. He was born in Amritsar, Punjab, British India. He won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[2][3] He played for Pakistan between 1965 and 1974.[4]
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Full name | Tanvir Ahmed Dar | |||||||||||||||||||||
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4 June 1937 Amritsar, British India | |||||||||||||||||||||
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11 February 1998(1998-02-11) (aged 60) Karachi, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1965–1974 | Pakistan | 80 (43) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Dar was an established penalty-corner-shooter from the 1960s.[5] He helped Pakistan win the Asian Games title in 1970 and the inaugural World Hockey Cup in 1971 in Barcelona, Spain.[2]
After his elder brother Munir had retired from hockey, the brothers established a hockey academy in Lahore which was later named after Tanvir Dar — Tanvir Dar Hockey Academy.[2][6]
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