Khadangbam Kothajit Singh
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Full name | Khadangbam Kothajit Singh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1992-08-17) 17 August 1992 (age 32) Imphal East, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012– | India | 207 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Khadangbam Kothajit Singh (born 17 August 1992) is an India field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for the Indian national team.
He represented India in Men's Hockey during the 2012 London Olympics. He is the third hockey Olympian - after Pangambam Nilakomol Singh and Ksh. Thoiba - from the state of Manipur, known for producing a disproportionate number of international-standard sportspersons.[2] He was a member of the silver-medal winning Indian team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
He was a member of India's gold-medal winning hockey team at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. He was India's only goal-scorer in regular time, which ended 1-1 against silver medalist Pakistan. India won 4-2 in a penalty shootout.
References
External links
- Khadangbam Kothajit Singh at Hockey India
- Khadangbam Kothajit Singh at the International Hockey Federation
- Khadangbam Kothajit Singh at Olympedia
- Khadangbam Kothajit Singh at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)