Latif-ur Rehman (1 January 1929 – 27 February 1987), also known as Latifur Rehman, was a

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player who competed internationally for

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and

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. He won a gold medal as a member of India's team at the

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and a silver medal playing for Pakistan at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...

. The 1956 silver was Pakistan's first ever Olympic medal.

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