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Harendra Singh

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{{Short description|Indian field hockey player and coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
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|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's [[field hockey]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1990 Asian Games|1990 Beijing]]|[[Field hockey at the 1990 Asian Games|Men's team]]}}
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'''Harendra Singh''' is an Indian [[field hockey]] coach and former international player. He is a former head coach of India's [[India men's national field hockey team|men's]], [[India women's national field hockey team|women's]] and junior teams.

==Playing career==
Hailing from [[Chhapra]], [[Bihar]],<ref name=vindicated/> Singh started his career as a [[Field hockey#Positions|halfback]] playing with [[IFFCO Tokio General Insurance Company Limited|IFFCO Tokio]] in Delhi. In 1988, he joined the [[Mahindra & Mahindra]] team in Mumbai on the insistence of former India coach [[J. M. Carvalho]]. He switched to [[Air India]] in 1990 and later became the company's senior manager. Singh made his international debut at the [[1990 Asian Games]] in Beijing, where India won silver.<ref name=saviour>{{cite news |last1=Chatterjee |first1=Bibhash |last2=Sudevan |first2=Praveen |title=Harendra Singh: From struggling player to the coach who might be Indian hockey’s saviour |url=https://scroll.in/field/878363/harendra-singh-from-struggling-player-to-the-coach-who-might-be-indian-hockeys-saviour |accessdate=10 July 2018 |work=scroll.in |date=26 May 2018}}</ref> He represented the Indian hockey team in 43 matches before retiring at the age of 26 citing "too much politics in hockey."<ref name=allyou/>

==Coaching career==
Singh started playing for the French club HC Lyon in 1995 under coach Tony Fernandes who asked Singh to manage the club's junior side "realising his potential as coach".<ref name=saviour/> After a few years of coaching in France, he returned to India and worked in various coaching and managerial roles of national senior and junior teams in tournaments such as [[2000 Summer Olympics]], [[2005 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup]], [[2006 Men's Hockey World Cup]], [[2006 Asian Games]], [[2009 Men's Hockey Asia Cup]] and [[2010 Men's Hockey World Cup]].<ref name=allyou>{{cite news |title=All you need to know about Harendra Singh, the new coach of the Indian women’s hockey team |url=https://scroll.in/field/850028/all-you-need-to-know-about-harendra-singh-the-new-coach-of-the-indian-womens-hockey-team |accessdate=30 June 2018 |work=scroll.in |date=8 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Misra |first1=Sundeep |title=Harendra Singh's appointment as Indian men's hockey team coach stinks of gender bias, leaves women's side in muddle |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/harendra-singhs-appointment-as-indian-mens-hockey-team-coach-stinks-of-gender-bias-leaves-womens-side-anchorless-4452745.html |accessdate=5 July 2018 |work=Firstpost |date=1 May 2018}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Dronacharya Award]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dronacharya Award |url=http://hockeyindia.org/hall-of-fame-dronacharya-award-3 |accessdate=10 July 2018 |work=Hockey India}}</ref><ref name=allyou/>

Singh was appointed head coach of the Indian junior team in 2014, and the team won the [[2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup]].<ref name=vindicated>{{cite news |last1=Das |first1=Suprita |title=V for vindicated |url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/qWkUf9bvF1Mst5OQjPuusJ/V-for-vindicated.html |accessdate=5 July 2018 |work=Livemint |date=21 December 2016}}</ref> In September 2017, he was appointed as the head coach of the [[India women's national field hockey team]] which went on to win the gold medal at the [[2017 Women's Hockey Asia Cup]].<ref name=stopgap>{{cite news |last1=Bhaduri |first1=Tushar |title=Evergreen Harendra Singh, the stop-gap who became the main man for Indian hockey |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/hockey/evergreen-harendra-singh-the-stop-gap-who-became-the-main-man-india-hockey-coach-5159291/ |accessdate=30 June 2018 |work=The Indian Express |date=2 May 2018}}</ref>

In May 2018, Singh was named as the head coach of the men's national team, replacing [[Sjoerd Marijne]] of the Netherlands who took over the women's team.<ref>{{cite news |title=Harendra Singh appointed coach of India men’s hockey team; Sjoerd Marijne to take over women’s side |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/hockey/harendra-singh-india-men-hockey-coach-sjoerd-marijne-women-5158427/ |accessdate=30 June 2018 |work=The Indian Express |date=1 May 2018}}</ref> Singh thus became the first Indian to be appointed full time as the men's team head coach since 2008.<ref name=stopgap/> Prior to this, he had three stints with the team as interim head coach.<ref>{{cite news |title=Harendra Singh eyeing Olympic dream in different role in Tokyo |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/harendra-singh-eyeing-olympic-dream-in-different-role-in-tokyo/articleshow/64649292.cms |accessdate=30 June 2018 |work=The Times of India |date=19 June 2018}}</ref> The team won silver at the [[2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy]], his first assignment in the role, losing the final to Australia in penalties.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Selvaraj |first1=Jonathan |title=Coach Harendra on Champions Trophy silver: We got what we deserved |url=http://www.espn.in/field-hockey/story/_/id/24000998/harendra-champions-trophy-silver-stop-crying-got-deserved |accessdate=5 July 2018 |work=ESPN.in |date=5 July 2018}}</ref> Singh was removed as the head coach in January 2019, as the team struggled in other tournaments in 2018. He was reportedly offered the job of head coach of the men's junior team, which he rejected.<ref>{{cite news |title=Harendra Singh removed as Indian men's hockey team coach |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/harendra-singh-removed-as-indian-mens-hockey-team-coach/articleshow/67456906.cms |accessdate=24 November 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=9 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kannan |first1=S. |title=No further role for Harendra Singh |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/harendra-singh-men-s-national-coach-hockey-india-1430985-2019-01-15 |accessdate=24 November 2019 |work=India Today |date=15 January 2019}}</ref>

In 2021, he was appointed head coach of the [[United States men's national field hockey team|United States men's national team]].<ref>https://sportstar.thehindu.com/hockey/harendra-singh-appointed-head-coach-of-usa-mens-national-team/article34270554.ece</ref>

==References==
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{{India FH Squad 2018 Champions Trophy}}
{{India FH Squad 2018 World Cup}}

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Viren Rasquinha

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{{short description|Indian field hockey player}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2012}}

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'''Viren Wilfred Rasquinha''' (born 13 September 1980) is an [[India]]n [[field hockey]] player. He is the former captain of the country's national team, and was a member of the Indian team that finished seventh at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]]. He quit international hockey to pursue management studies at the age of 28.

==Early life==
Rasquinha was born in 1980 to parents Eric and Merlyn Rasquinha. He studied at [[St. Stanislaus High School]] in [[Bandra]], [[Mumbai]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mangalorean.com/circle/browsearticles.php?arttype=star&profileid=10|title=Viren Rasquinha Interview|access-date=2007-06-12}}</ref> then graduated with a B.Com from MMK College in Bandra.

==Hockey career==
Rasquinha made his junior international debut in 1999, and was part of the team that won the [[2001 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup|2001 Junior World Cup]] in [[Hobart]], Australia.

He made his senior international debut as a midfielder in May 2002, at a Four Nation Tournament in [[Adelaide]]. He won a silver medal at the [[2002 Asian Games]] in [[Busan]], gold medals at the [[2003 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|Asia Cup]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]] and the [[2003 Afro-Asian Games|Afro-Asian Games]] in [[Hyderabad]] in 2003. He was part of the Olympic team which finished seventh in [[Athens]] in the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympic Games]].<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/No-realistic-hope-of-Olympic-medal-in-hockey-Viren-Rasquinha/articleshow/52780319.cms?from=mdr|title=No realistic hope for medal at Olympics|work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|publisher= The Times of India |date=2016-06-16}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/it-takes-6-grams-of-gold-to-lift-a-nation-iima-students-get-leadership-lessons-from-hockey-champ/story-b56ilOh7szMj5qh4PkPxuJ.html|title=IIM-A students get lessons from hockey champ|work=hindustantimes.com|date=2017-11-29}}</ref> He led the Indian Hockey team for the first time in the bilateral series against Pakistan in 2004. He was also captain of the [[Premier Hockey League]] team [[Maratha Warriors]], and played for Tata Sports, Air India, and the Indian Oil Corporation, as well as 180 international matches. Rasquinha announced his retirement from hockey on 15 January 2008 at the age of 28, to pursue his studies.<ref>{{cite news |title= Viren Rasquinha on his retirement at 28 |url= http://www.thehindu.com/arts/magazine/the-end-of-an-innings/article4252640.ece |publisher= The Hindu |date= 2012-12-29 |access-date= 2013-01-13}}</ref>

==Business career==
After retiring from hockey, Rasquinha studied for a [[Masters in Business Administration]] (MBA) at the [[Indian School of Business]] in [[Hyderabad]]. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/cover-story/young-indian-business-leaders-viren-rasquinha/story/15084.html|title=Olympian Quest|work=businesstoday.in}}</ref> After completion of his MBA, he joined [[Olympic Gold Quest]] in 2009, and is now the CEO.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.olympicgoldquest.in/management-team.html|title=OLympic Gold Quest Management Team}}</ref>

Along with [[Pullela Gopichand]] and [[Abhinav Bindra]], he was a member of the PMO Task Force after the [[2016 Rio Olympics]] that prepared India's plans for the Olympic Games in 2020, 2024 and 2028. Their report was submitted to the PMO on 12 August 2017.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/in-other-news/300117/pullela-gopichand-abhinav-bindra-viren-rasquinha-in-task-force-for-next-3-olympics.html|title=Rasquinha in task force|work=deccanchronicle.com|date=2017-01-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/olympic-task-force-recommends-steps-to-improve-sports-in-india-4793854/ |title=Olympic Task force recommends |work=indianexpress.com|date=2021-02-25}}</ref>

Rasquinha was named as one of the "Top 40 Under 40" leaders in India for 2017-18 by the ''[[The Economic Times|Economic Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/fortyunderforty.cms |title=India's business leaders 2017|publisher= The Economic Times}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Rasquinha got married in 2013 to Smitha Nair.

==Honours==
*2004, [[Shiv Chhatrapati Award]] from the [[Government of Maharashtra]].
*2005, [[Arjuna Award]] for Best Sportsman of the Year in Hockey.

==References==
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===General===
# [http://wealth.moneycontrol.com/printpage.php?id=8491 Official MoneyControl website Interview]
# [http://www.isb.edu/PGP/Viren_Rasquinha.Shtml Official ISB website Interview]
# [http://www.rediff.com/cms/print.jsp?docpath=/sports/2008/jan/15hock.htm Rediff website Interview]

==External links==
* [http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/yuvasena/viren.htm Viren Rasquinha] at bharatiyahockey.org
*{{Olympedia}}
*{{Sports reference}}

{{India FH Squad 2004 Summer Olympics}}
{{India FH Squad 2006 World Cup}}
{{India FH Squad 2006 Commonwealth Games}}

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