Simranjeet Singh (born 27 December 1996) is an Indian

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player who plays as a

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for the Indian national team. He was part of the Indian squad that won the 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup. He made his senior team debut in 2018 and was part of India's silver medal winning team at the

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. Singh was trained at the Surjit Hockey Academy in

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. His cousin

Gurjant Singh Gurjant Singh (born 26 January 1995) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a Forward. He was part of the Indian squad which won gold at 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup in Lucknow, India. He was a member of the Indian team that won ...

is also an international hockey player.

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* 1996 births Living people Indian male field hockey players Field hockey players from Punjab, India Male field hockey midfielders Olympic field hockey players for India Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2018 Asian Games 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Asian Games bronze medalists for India Asian Games medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Olympic bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey Recipients of the Arjuna Award People from Pilibhit {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub