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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Singh moved to [[Kota, Rajasthan|Kota]], which had a tradition in basketball. He played for the [[Rajasthan]]</del>{{<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">clarify|reason=the state team? or Kota?|date=November 2011}} team and later moved to the [[Indian Railways]] team. The high point of his career was the Moscow Olympics where his performance was rated highly.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} His average per game at the 1980 Olympics was 21 points, with the next best scorer </del>from <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Indian team, [[Radhey Shyam]], averaging 14 points. Singh scored nearly a third of India's points in the competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/93267/sid/2940/tid/301/tid2//_/1980_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/index.html |title=1980 Olympic Games Tournament for Men |publisher=FIBA |accessdate=2011-11-12}}</ref></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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'''Ajmer Singh''' (born [[1953]]) is an [[India]]n [[basketball]] player who was awarded the country's highest sporting honor, the [[Arjuna Award]], in 1982. He represented the country in the [[Asian Basketball Championships]]{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} and in the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The G.O.A.T. debate: The greatest Indian basketball players of all-time|url=https://in.nba.com/news/the-greatest-indian-basketball-players-of-all-time-satnam-singh-bhamara-amjyot-singh-geethu-anna-rahul/1d4r6i37ea8q115go7pysfchq4|access-date=2020-12-10|website=NBA.com India {{!}} The official site of the NBA|language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[File:Ajmer2.jpg|thumb|Ajmer Singh scoring a layup]]<br />
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According to ''The Hindu'', Singh was "a rough and tough player and his sole aim was to score as many baskets as possible. A dedicated man, he was remarkable for his appetite for baskets. As a result, he emerged as one of the top 10 shooters in the 1980 Moscow Olympics."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Hindu|title=Hoopster on a new high|date=21 November 2002|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/mp/2002/11/21/stories/2002112100520400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208145844/http://www.hinduonnet.com/mp/2002/11/21/stories/2002112100520400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 February 2007|access-date=13 March 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=How did India play at the 1980 Summer Olympics? |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2021/news/how-did-india-play-at-the-1980-summer-olympics |work=[[FIBA]] |date=10 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Sporting career==<br />
[[File:Ajmer1.jpg|thumb|Ajmer Singh in a photo as head coach Indian Railways]]<br />
Singh moved to [[Kota, Rajasthan|Kota]], which had a tradition in basketball. He played for the [[Rajasthan]]{{clarify|reason=the state team? or Kota?|date=November 2011}} team and later moved to the [[Indian Railways]] team. The high point of his career was the Moscow Olympics where his performance was rated highly.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} His average per game at the 1980 Olympics was 21 points, with the next best scorer from the Indian team, [[Radhey Shyam]], averaging 14 points. Singh scored nearly a third of India's points in the competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/93267/sid/2940/tid/301/tid2//_/1980_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/index.html |title=1980 Olympic Games Tournament for Men |publisher=FIBA |accessdate=2011-11-12}}</ref><br />
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Ajmer has played a total of 22 national championships for [[Haryana]], [[Rajasthan]], and Railways, and finished with 8 gold medals. In 1982, he was conferred the [[Arjuna Award]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The G.O.A.T. debate: The greatest Indian basketball players of all-time |url=https://in.nba.com/news/the-greatest-indian-basketball-players-of-all-time-satnam-singh-bhamara-amjyot-singh-geethu-anna-rahul/1d4r6i37ea8q115go7pysfchq4 |work=NBA.com India |language=en}}</ref><br />
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