Rajinder Singh Jr.

Rajinder Singh Jr.

Personal information
Full name	Rajinder Singh Chauhan
Nickname(s)	Raj
Nationality	Indian
Born	May 13, 1959 Sarih, Nakodar
Residence	Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) (2008)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb) (2011)
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Field hockey
Club	Punjab & Sindh Bank
Team	Men field hockey 1983-2007
Now coaching	2004 Women field hockey Chief Coach 2005-2006 Men field hockey Coach Sher-e-Punjab
Medal record Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award 1984(Punjab), Dhyan Chand Award 2005, Dronacharya Award 2011[1] Men's field hockey Competitor for  India field hockey Championship Sultan Azlan Shah field hockey Tournament 1983

Sir Rajinder Singh Jr.(Punjabi: ਰਾਜਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ,Urdu: راجندر سنگہ‎) Best Known as Rajinder Sir by field hockey players, is field hockey Coach and player of Indian field hockey.

Birth and life

Rajinder Singh Singh was born on 13 May 1959 in Srih village of Indian Punjab. He started field hockey in his childhood and developed an interest in this game. He then joined Punjab field hockey and was chosen as best performer and given Dronacharya award too. He coached Indian field hockey from 2001–2003 and then from 2005 to 2011.^[2][3]

At present

He is Punjab & Sindh Bank Chief Coach Cum Sports superintendent for Men's 11 field hockey team (3 times awarded Best Team of India)

Coaching career

• 2004 Women field hockey Chief Coach
• 2005-2006 Men field hockey Coach
• 83 World 11 champion ship
• Coached 36 International Players

Best students

Baldip Saini, Sanjiv Kumar, Gurvinder Chand, Raj Pal, Sarabjit

References

1. "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - JALANDHAR PLUS". Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
2. "Sport / field hockey : Rajinder Singh Jr. named coach till 2006 World Cup". The Hindu. 2005-06-08. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
3. Press Trust of India (2005-04-26). "Rajinder Singh (Jr) new Indian hockey coach". Express India. Retrieved 2011-10-10.