Balraj Panesar
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| Full name | Balraj Singh Panesar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
16 March 1996 Surrey, British Columbia, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | East Grinstead | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| –2019 | UBC Thunderbirds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | United Brothers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Oxted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | East Grinstead | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Canada | 70 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated on: 12 August 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balraj Singh Panesar (Punjabi: ਬਲਰਾਜ ਸਿੰਘ ਪਨੇਸਰ, born 16 March 1996) is a Canadian field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for the English Premier Club East Grinstead HC and the Canadian national team.
Panesar was born on 16 March 1996 in Surrey, British Columbia. He was introduced to the sport by his father; his elder brother Sukhi Panesar has also represented Canada in field hockey.
Club career[]
Panesar played for the UBC Thunderbirds and United Brothers in Canada before moving to England. He joined East Grinstead in 2021 having played the season before for Oxted.[1]
International career[]
Panesar made his national senior team debut in 2014. The same year, he was part of the Canadian team that won the silver medal at the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.[2] He captained the Canadian team at the 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup in Lucknow, India.[3] He was part of the national team that clinched silver at the 2017 Men's Pan American Cup in Lancaster, United States. He was selected for the 2018 World Cup,[4] where he played all four games. In June 2019, he was selected in the Canada squad for the 2019 Pan American Games.[5] They won the silver medal as they lost 5–2 to Argentina in the final.[6]
References[]
- ^ "New Player Signing - Balraj Panesar". 9 July 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ "Balraj Panesar". fieldhockey.ca. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ Singh, Prabhjot (6 January 2017). "Overseas Indian sportsmen have done their homeland proud". The Indian Panorama. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "Field Hockey Canada announces 2018 Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Roster". fieldhockey.ca. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ "Field Hockey Canada announces Pan American Games Men's National Team roster". www.fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ "Canadian men's field hockey team misses chance to qualify for Olympics". www.ctvnews.ca. CTV News. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
External links[]
- Balraj Panesar at FIH
- Balraj Panesar at Olympics.com
- Balraj Panesar at Olympedia
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Canadian male field hockey players
- Sportspeople from Surrey, British Columbia
- Canadian people of Indian descent
- Male field hockey defenders
- Male field hockey midfielders
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in field hockey
- UBC Thunderbirds players
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada
- Youth Olympic silver medalists for Canada
- East Grinstead Hockey Club players
- Men's England Hockey League players
- Canadian field hockey biography stubs