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<div>{{distinguish|Ashok Kumar Kushwaha (field hockey, born 1966)}}<br />
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{{Infobox field hockey player<br />
| name = Ashok Kumar Kushwaha<br />
| fullname =Ashok Kumar Kushwaha<br />
| image =ಅಶೋಕ್ ಕುಮಾರ್.jpg<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1950|06|01}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Meerut]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
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'''Ashok Kumar'''(born 1 June 1950), is an Indian former professional [[field hockey]] player. He is the son of the Indian hockey player [[Dhyan Chand]]. Kumar was known for his exceptional skills and ball control. He was a member of the Indian team that won the [[1975 Men's Hockey World Cup|1975 World Cup]].<br />
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He was awarded the [[Arjuna Award]] in 1974 and, in 1975, scored the winning goal against [[Pakistan men's national field hockey team|Pakistan]] to achieve India's only win in the World Cup.<ref>{{cite news |title= Hockey greats hurt by Gill's remarks| url= http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/007200803141550.htm |work=The Hindu |date=14 March 2008}}</ref> He was awarded with [[Yash Bharti Samman]] by the Government of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in the 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title= UP government announces names of 22 recipients of Yash Bharti Award| url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/up-government-announces-names-of-22-recipients-of-yash-bharti-award/456108-3-242.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306040639/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/up-government-announces-names-of-22-recipients-of-yash-bharti-award/456108-3-242.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=6 March 2014|work=IBN Live |date=14 May 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Ashok Kumar was born on 1 June 1950 in Uttar Pradesh, to Dhyan Chand Singh, widely considered to be the greatest field hockey player ever.{{cn|date=March 2020}} Ashok started playing hockey when he was six years old. He played for his junior school team and graduated to club level hockey, representing Uttar Pradesh continuously for four years.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Ashok Kumar played for [[University of Rajasthan|Rajasthan University]] in 1966-67 and All India Universities in 1968-69. Thereafter, he moved to [[Calcutta]] to play for Mohun Bagan Club and represented Bengal in the National Championships in [[Bangalore]] in 1971. He later joined [[Indian Airlines]] and represented it in national tournaments. He made his international debut in 1970 when he was included in the team for the Asian Games in [[Bangkok]], losing the title to Pakistan. He also took part in the [[1974 Asian Games|1974]] and [[1978 Asian Games]] held at [[Tehran]] and Bangkok respectively, winning silver medals in those two games.<br />
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Kumar represented India in the [[Olympic Games]] twice, in 1972 in [[Munich]] and in 1976 in [[Montreal]]. In 1972, India finished third and, in 1976, India finished seventh, the first time since 1928 that India was not in top three.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418082205/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/ashok-kumar-1.html Olympic results], ''sports-reference.com''</ref> He played at the Pesta Sukha International Tournament in [[Singapore]] in 1971 and captained the team to the 1979 Esanda Hockey Tournament in [[Perth, Western Australia]]. He played for the All-Asian star team, where his father Dhyan Chand watched him play for the first time in 1974,<ref>{{cite web |title= Dhyan Chand - The Legend Lives On |url= http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/granthalaya/legend/1932/page9.htm |access-date=20 January 2013}}</ref> and was selected twice for the World XI team.<br />
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===At the World Cup===<br />
He was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the [[1971 Men's Hockey World Cup|first World Cup]] in [[Barcelona]] in 1971 and silver at the [[1973 Men's Hockey World Cup|second World Cup]] in [[Amsterdam]] in 1973. The highlight of his career was the [[1975 Men's Hockey World Cup|1975 Hockey World Cup]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]] where he scored an important goal in the gold medal match for India against [[Pakistan men's national field hockey team|Pakistan]]. On a pass from [[Surjit Singh]], Kumar hit the ball goalwards. The ball hit the corner of the post and bounced out, but for a fraction of a second the ball had been in the goal and, despite protests by Pakistan, the Malaysian umpire confirmed the goal. His fourth and final appearance in the World Cup was in the [[1978 Men's Hockey World Cup|1978 World Cup]] in [[Argentina]] when India was relegated to sixth position.<br />
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On retirement from active sports, he was appointed manager of the hockey teams of [[Indian Airlines]] and [[Air India]].<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011724/http://sportal.nic.in/legenddetails.asp?sno=701&moduleid=&maincatid=41&subid=0&comid=55 Profile on a website]<br />
*{{Olympedia}}<br />
*{{Sports reference}}<br />
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{{Olympic medalists for India}}<br />
{{India FH Squad 1975 World Cup}}<br />
{{Authority control}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Ashok}}<br />
[[Category:1950 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Meerut]]<br />
[[Category:People from Jhansi]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic field hockey players of India]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1972 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1976 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male field hockey players]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]<br />
[[Category:University of Rajasthan alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in field hockey]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1970 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1974 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1978 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:1978 Men's Hockey World Cup players]]<br />
[[Category:1990 Men's Hockey World Cup players]]</div>2402:3A80:1F49:FC0F:0:0:132:4A99https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ashok_Kumar_(field_hockey)&diff=163551Ashok Kumar (field hockey)2021-09-05T16:54:21Z<p>2402:3A80:1F49:FC0F:0:0:132:4A99: Full name</p>
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<div>{{distinguish|Ashok Kumar Kushwaha (field hockey, born 1966)}}<br />
{{short description|Indian field hockey player}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox field hockey player<br />
| name = Ashok Kumar Singh <br />
| fullname =Ashok Kumar Singh <br />
| image =ಅಶೋಕ್ ಕುಮಾರ್.jpg<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1950|06|01}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Meerut]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date =<br />
| death_place =<br />
| nickname = <br />
| height = {{convert|5|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/ashok-kumar-1.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200418082205/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/ashok-kumar-1.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2020-04-18 |title= Player's Profile}}</ref><br />
| weight = <!-- {{convert|}} (yyyy) --><br />
| website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --><br />
| position = <br />
| clubs1 = [[Mohun Bagan]]<br />
| years1 = <br />
| caps1 = <br />
| goals1 = <br />
| clubs2 = [[Indian Airlines]]<br />
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| caps2 = <br />
| goals2 = <br />
| clubs3 = <br />
| years3 = <br />
| caps3 = <br />
| goals3 = <br />
| nationalteam1 = [[India men's national field hockey team|India]]<br />
| nationalyears1 = 1970 - <br />
| nationalcaps1 = <br />
| nationalgoals1 = <br />
| turnedpro = <br />
| coach = <br />
| retired = <br />
| coaching = <br />
| updated = <br />
|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's [[Field Hockey]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey World Cup|World Cup]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[1971 Men's Hockey World Cup|1971 Barcelona]]|Team}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[1973 Men's Hockey World Cup|1973 Amsterdam]]|Team}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[1975 Men's Hockey World Cup|1975 Kuala Lumpur]]|Team}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]|[[Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[1970 Asian Games|1970 Bangkok]]|Team}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[1974 Asian Games|1974 Tehran]]|Team}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[1978 Asian Games|1978 Bangkok]]|Team}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Ashok Kumar'''(born 1 June 1950), is an Indian former professional [[field hockey]] player. He is the son of the Indian hockey player [[Dhyan Chand]]. Kumar was known for his exceptional skills and ball control. He was a member of the Indian team that won the [[1975 Men's Hockey World Cup|1975 World Cup]].<br />
<br />
He was awarded the [[Arjuna Award]] in 1974 and, in 1975, scored the winning goal against [[Pakistan men's national field hockey team|Pakistan]] to achieve India's only win in the World Cup.<ref>{{cite news |title= Hockey greats hurt by Gill's remarks| url= http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/007200803141550.htm |work=The Hindu |date=14 March 2008}}</ref> He was awarded with [[Yash Bharti Samman]] by the Government of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in the 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title= UP government announces names of 22 recipients of Yash Bharti Award| url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/up-government-announces-names-of-22-recipients-of-yash-bharti-award/456108-3-242.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306040639/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/up-government-announces-names-of-22-recipients-of-yash-bharti-award/456108-3-242.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=6 March 2014|work=IBN Live |date=14 May 2014}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Personal life==<br />
Ashok Kumar was born on 1 June 1950 in Uttar Pradesh, to Dhyan Chand Singh, widely considered to be the greatest field hockey player ever.{{cn|date=March 2020}} Ashok started playing hockey when he was six years old. He played for his junior school team and graduated to club level hockey, representing Uttar Pradesh continuously for four years.<br />
<br />
==Career==<br />
Ashok Kumar played for [[University of Rajasthan|Rajasthan University]] in 1966-67 and All India Universities in 1968-69. Thereafter, he moved to [[Calcutta]] to play for Mohun Bagan Club and represented Bengal in the National Championships in [[Bangalore]] in 1971. He later joined [[Indian Airlines]] and represented it in national tournaments. He made his international debut in 1970 when he was included in the team for the Asian Games in [[Bangkok]], losing the title to Pakistan. He also took part in the [[1974 Asian Games|1974]] and [[1978 Asian Games]] held at [[Tehran]] and Bangkok respectively, winning silver medals in those two games.<br />
<br />
Kumar represented India in the [[Olympic Games]] twice, in 1972 in [[Munich]] and in 1976 in [[Montreal]]. In 1972, India finished third and, in 1976, India finished seventh, the first time since 1928 that India was not in top three.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418082205/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/ashok-kumar-1.html Olympic results], ''sports-reference.com''</ref> He played at the Pesta Sukha International Tournament in [[Singapore]] in 1971 and captained the team to the 1979 Esanda Hockey Tournament in [[Perth, Western Australia]]. He played for the All-Asian star team, where his father Dhyan Chand watched him play for the first time in 1974,<ref>{{cite web |title= Dhyan Chand - The Legend Lives On |url= http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/granthalaya/legend/1932/page9.htm |access-date=20 January 2013}}</ref> and was selected twice for the World XI team.<br />
<br />
===At the World Cup===<br />
He was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the [[1971 Men's Hockey World Cup|first World Cup]] in [[Barcelona]] in 1971 and silver at the [[1973 Men's Hockey World Cup|second World Cup]] in [[Amsterdam]] in 1973. The highlight of his career was the [[1975 Men's Hockey World Cup|1975 Hockey World Cup]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]] where he scored an important goal in the gold medal match for India against [[Pakistan men's national field hockey team|Pakistan]]. On a pass from [[Surjit Singh]], Kumar hit the ball goalwards. The ball hit the corner of the post and bounced out, but for a fraction of a second the ball had been in the goal and, despite protests by Pakistan, the Malaysian umpire confirmed the goal. His fourth and final appearance in the World Cup was in the [[1978 Men's Hockey World Cup|1978 World Cup]] in [[Argentina]] when India was relegated to sixth position.<br />
<br />
On retirement from active sports, he was appointed manager of the hockey teams of [[Indian Airlines]] and [[Air India]].<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011724/http://sportal.nic.in/legenddetails.asp?sno=701&moduleid=&maincatid=41&subid=0&comid=55 Profile on a website]<br />
*{{Olympedia}}<br />
*{{Sports reference}}<br />
<br />
{{Olympic medalists for India}}<br />
{{India FH Squad 1975 World Cup}}<br />
{{Authority control}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Ashok}}<br />
[[Category:1950 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Meerut]]<br />
[[Category:People from Jhansi]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic field hockey players of India]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1972 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1976 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male field hockey players]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]<br />
[[Category:University of Rajasthan alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in field hockey]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1970 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1974 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1978 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:1978 Men's Hockey World Cup players]]<br />
[[Category:1990 Men's Hockey World Cup players]]</div>2402:3A80:1F49:FC0F:0:0:132:4A99