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{{About|the hockey player born on 7 January 1958 who was an Olympic Games gold medallist|the hockey player born on 13 May 1959 who was a Champions Trophy bronze medallist|Rajinder Singh Jr.}}<br />
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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| name = Rajinder Singh Sr.<br />
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| nationality = [[India]]<br />
| sport = [[Field hockey]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|1|7|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]]<br />
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| event = Men's team<br />
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[field hockey]]}}<br />
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{{MedalCompetition | [[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }} [[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]<br />
{{MedalGold|[[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]|[[Field hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Games]] }}<br />
{{MedalSilver | [[1982 Asian Games|1982 Delhi]] | [[Field hockey at the 1982 Asian Games|Team]] }}<br />
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'''Rajinder Singh Sr.''', is an Indian [[field hockey]] player and coach. He played for [[Railways Sports Promotion Board|Railways]] in the [[Indian Senior National Hockey Championship]]. He was part of the [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian teams]] that won the gold medal at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] and silver medal at the [[1982 Asian Games]]. He was a defender and a noted penalty corner expert who top scored for India at the [[1982 Men's Hockey World Cup|1981-82 World Cup]] scoring 12 goals for India in that world cup. He coached the [[India men's national under-21 field hockey team|India men's U-21 team]] to the [[2001 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup|2001 Junior World Cup]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Hockey Junior World Cup: Why India's win doesn't mean the game is catching on in the country |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/hockey-junior-world-cup-why-indias-win-doesnt-mean-hockey-is-catching-on-in-the-country-3166532.html |access-date=12 October 2023 |work=Firstpost |date=21 December 2016 |language=en}}</ref> title and the India men's team to the [[2003 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|2003 Asia Cup]] title.<ref>{{cite web |title=When 'PC king' Rajinder Singh saw India fall at Kalinga|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/hockey-world-cup/hockey-world-cup-when-pc-king-rajinder-singh-saw-india-fall-at-kalinga/articleshow/97316949.cms?from=mdr}}</ref><br />
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