Rajwinder Singh

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Rajwinder Singh

Medal record
Representing  India
Men's Field hockey
Hockey World Cup
	1971 Barcelona	Team

Rajwinder Singh, full name Rajvinder Singh Rai from Khusropur, , Punjab, India, was one of the top Indian field hockey internationals during his peak. He scored a solo goal for India against Pakistan during the semi-final of the 1971 Men's Hockey World Cup in Barcelona.^[1]

Prior to playing in the World Cup, Rajvinder, who graduated from , represented the all-India university hockey team for three years, touring the country and internationally. It was while he was a university student that he represented India, and received a roll of honour from his university, making him the first student to receive such an honour.

There he met with from the , who invited Rajvinder to play for his club in Italy – , which became known as Paolo Bonomi. There he won four Italian National Championships; three ; three and was five times the national Italian league's top scorer.

Rajvinder's younger brother Amarjit Singh Rana (Amarjet Singh Rai) followed in his footsteps and represented India several times and played the Olympics in Moscow in 1980 when India won the gold medal.

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