Romeo James (born 15 September 1958) is an Indian

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player. He competed at the 1982 Delhi Asian Games, winning a silver medal with the Indian team. He competed at the

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, where the Indian team placed fifth.

Career

As player

He competed at the 1982 Delhi Asian Games, winning a silver medal with the Indian team. He competed at the

, where the Indian team placed fifth. Under his captaincy, the Services Team has won the National Hockey Championship in 1982 & 1985.

As coach

He was the coach of Indian Hockey team at the 2010

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. He was the coach when Indian team won the silver medal at the

1994 Asian Games The 1994 Asian Games (), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games () or simply Hiroshima 1994 (), were held from October 2 to 16, 1994, in Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first Asian Games in history to be hosted in a non-capital city. Th ...

and Indira Gandhi International Gold Cup in 1994.

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