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{{Short description|Indian field hockey player (born 2004)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2025}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Gurjot Singh
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2004|10|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Husainabad, Jalandhar|Husainabad]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Hockey Punjab
| clubs1 = Roundglass Punjab Club
| years1 =
| clubs2 = Hockey Punjab
| years2 =
| nationalyears1 = 2023–2025
| nationalteam1 = [[India men's national under-21 field hockey team|India U21]]
| nationalcaps1 = 29
| nationalgoals1 = 8
| nationalyears2 = 2024–
| nationalteam2 = [[India men's national field hockey team|India]]
| nationalcaps2 = 7
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[field hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's Asian Champions Trophy|Asian Champions Trophy]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2024 Men's Asian Champions Trophy|2024 Hulunbuir]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup|Junior World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2025 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup|2025 Tamil Nadu]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup|Junior Asia Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2023 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup|2023 Salalah]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2024 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup|2024 Muscat]]}}
}}

'''Gurjot Singh''' (born 22 November 2004) is an Indian [[field hockey]] player.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Gurjot Singh - Hockey India |url=https://hockeyindia.org/players/gurjot-singh-profile-5702 |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=hockeyindia.org}}</ref> He made his [[India men's national field hockey team|senior India]] debut in the [[2024 Men's Asian Champions Trophy|2024 Asian Champions Trophy]]. He plays as a forward for the Roundglass Hockey Academy, a Punjab Club, in the domestic tournaments and for [[UP Rudras]] in the [[Hockey India League]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-10-15 |title=Hockey India League Players' Auction: Full list of squads of eight men's teams |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/hockey-india-league-players-auction-full-list-of-squads-of-eight-mens-teams/articleshow/114233146.cms |access-date=2025-01-08 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sportstar |first=Team |date=2024-10-13 |title=Hockey India League Auction 2024: Full list of sold and unsold players |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/hockey/hockey-india-league-auction-2024-sold-unsold-players-price-complete-hil-2024-teams-news/article68748455.ece |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Singh is from [[Husainabad, Jalandhar|Husainabad]], Nakodar tehsil, [[Jalandhar district]], Punjab. His father used to work as a milkman for a vendor and he has two sisters. He used to cycle to his school in Sarinh, about 4 km away from his village. When he was 10, while cycling back from school, he was hit by a bike and suffered a serious head injury.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Unnikrishnan |first=Dilip |date=2024-09-20 |title=Hockey: Gurjot Singh carves his own path from Hussainabad to the Indian national team |url=https://scroll.in/field/1073494/hockey-gurjot-singh-carves-his-own-path-from-hussainabad-to-the-indian-national-team |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref> He took up hockey in Class 7 and played at a club in [[Sarih, Jalandhar|Sarinh]] till Class 12. Later, during the COVID pandemic, he worked in a shoe factory as a packaging boy to support his family. In 2021, he was selected for the Khalsa College team and after a brief stint, he joined Roundglass academy in July 2021, and trained under coach Balwinder Singh.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Four Players from Roundglass Hockey Academy Picked in the Hockey India League Auction |url=https://www.punjabnewsexpress.com/news/news/four-players-from-roundglass-hockey-academy-picked-in-the-hockey-india-league-auction-266207 |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=www.punjabnewsexpress.com}}</ref> He is studying for a degree in Bachelor of Physical Education.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-09-13 |title=Survived near-fatal head injury, worked in a 'chappal' factory, now playing hockey for India: Gurjot Singh is pure steel |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/survived-near-fatal-head-injury-worked-in-a-chappal-factory-now-playing-hockey-for-india-gurjot-singh-is-pure-steel/articleshow/113308622.cms |access-date=2025-01-08 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Career ==
Singh polished his game at the Roundglass academy and within two years made his junior India debut in the [[2023 Sultan of Johor Cup]], where India won a bronze. He played again in the [[2024 Sultan of Johor Cup]] and ended up with another bronze medal. In 2023, he played in the men’s [[Hockey 5s]] Asia Cup at Salalah, Oman, won by India. He was also part of the [[FIH Men's Hockey5s World Cup|FIH men’s Hockey 5s World Cup]] in 2024 at Oman where India finished fifth.<ref>{{Cite web |title="It was a dream debut for me at the Asian Champions Trophy": Indian hockey player Gurjot Singh |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/hockey/it-was-a-dream-debut-for-me-at-the-asian-champions-trophy-indian-hockey-player-gurjot-singh20240926175419/ |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=ANI News |language=en}}</ref> He was selected for the senior India team in September 2024 which won the [[2024 Men's Asian Champions Trophy|Asian Champions Trophy]] at [[Hulunbuir]], China.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

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[[Category:2004 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian men's field hockey players]]
[[Category:Men's field hockey forwards]]
[[Category:Field hockey players from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Hockey India League players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]

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