Mervyn Fernandis (born 12 April 1959) is a former

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

hockey Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers o ...

player. Mervyn played for the famous Indian Airlines hockey team in the 1970s. His name become synonymous with Indian hockey. He was a consistent performer for the Indian team. Mervyn with his body-serve and excellent finish was an exceptional forward. He was part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. His father, Mr Joe Fernandes was the coach in P.M.M Inner wheel school (

Ambernath Ambernath (Marathi pronunciation: �mbəɾnaːt̪ʰ is an eastern suburban city in Mumbai and is a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Notable people * Merwyn Fernandes, former Indian hockey player *Farukh Choudhary, Indian footballer * P ...

)for a very long period of time before retiring few years ago due to old age.

References

External links

* Living people Goan people Field hockey players from Maharashtra Olympic field hockey players of India Olympic gold medalists for India Field hockey players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Arjuna Award Olympic medalists in field hockey People from Ambarnath Indian male field hockey players Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics 1959 births Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1978 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub