Baljit Singh Dhillon
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Baljit Singh Dhillon (born June 18, 1973) is a field hockey
midfielder from India
, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team
in 1993 during the test serie against South Africa
. Nickname
d Balli, Singh Dhillon represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996
in Atlanta, Georgia
, where India finished in eighth place.
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
midfielder from India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team
India national field hockey team
The India national field hockey team is the national men's team representing field hockey in India. It is the first non-European team to be a part of the International Hockey Federation....
in 1993 during the test serie against South Africa
South Africa
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. Nickname
Nickname
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d Balli, Singh Dhillon represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996
Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The Olympic Field Hockey Tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, was held in the Morris Brown College Stadium and Panther Stadium The event ran from Saturday July 20 to Friday August 2, 1996.-Men's tournament:GOLD Netherlands...
in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
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, where India finished in eighth place.