Prabhjot Singh is an Indian former

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player who played for the Indian national hockey team. He is best known for his fast and attacking play.

Career

Prabhjot debuted for the Men's National Team in 2001. He was part of the national squad in the 2004 Athens Olympic, where India finished in 7th place. Apart from representing India in

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, he is also an officer in Indian Oil. He was the captain of the Sher-e-Punjab team in the

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in 2012. Prabhjot is an alumnus of

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, New Delhi.

Awards

He was awarded the

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in 2008 for exceptional performance as an Indian striker.

Controversy

During FIH World Cup, 2010 he showed the

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to the home crowd after a loss 2–4 loss against

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. He later apologized for this act.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Prabhjot Olympic field hockey players for India Male field hockey forwards Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in field hockey World Series Hockey players 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Recipients of the Arjuna Award Field hockey players from Jalandhar Living people 1980 births Field hockey players at the 2002 Asian Games Field hockey players from Punjab, India Indian male field hockey players Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Jamia Millia Islamia alumni Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Commonwealth Games silver medallists in field hockey Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games