Famous Sikh Sportspeople

[koonergs]

Lets complie a list of famous Sikh Sportsmen and women from around the world

I'll being

Milkha Singh- Infamous Olympic 400m runner

Dara Singh- Famous wrestler

Balbir Singh- One of the greatest hockey players of his time

Bishan Singh Bedi- Very famous Sikh left arm spinner in cricket

Harbhajan SIngh- Famous Sikh cricketer

[Cov_Khalsa_Tj]

Bhai fauja singh - marathon runner ( holds record for fastest finish at oldest age ) i think ..

MONTY PANESAR - cricketer for england

Dyan singh ( CHAND ) - use to be a world famous hockey player !!!

[kurtas]

Balwinder Singh "Fiddu" the kabaddi player. I was surprised that a gora at work knew his name (he used to watch kabaddi on channel 4)

[nanosecond]

I dont think Dhyan Chand is a Sikh.....is he?

[mighty singh]

wasn't there a Sikh field hockey player, Pargat Singh. He played for India.

[Cov_Khalsa_Tj]

I dont think Dhyan Chand is a Sikh.....is he?

156741[/snapback]

Yep his nae is dyan singh , they named him chand because he was so good and thought he was like a star ... chand = star

Fact : in holland they wanted to break his hockey sticks because he had the ball to his stick all the time and they thought he had a magnet in the stick

fact : Hitler wanted to buy his stick and wanted to join his olympic side , but dyan said no

And ' mighty singh ' I think there was ...

ages ago the indian team used to b singhs with daria and used to play in the keshere ( i think ) ... but now

[gupt_paapi]

lol chand means moon.

[Cov_Khalsa_Tj]

hmm yeah... basically he was soo goood , no one was better at the time

[kds1980]

dhyan chand wasn't sikh.i he was born in allahbad.his son's name is also ashok kumar

[kds1980]

some other sikh sports person are

yuvraj singh -cricketer in indian cricket team

balwinder sandhu -a medium fast bowler in cricket team of 1983 world cup

pargat singh former indian indian hockey player and captain of indian hockey team

maninder singh former left arm spinner

navjot singh sidhu

and recently avneet kaur sidhu who recently won gold medal in commonwealth

games in 10m air rifle shooting pair