Profile details
- Born
- 25 Mar 1927
- Birthplace
- Bilaspur
- State listed
- Chhattisgarh
- Country
- India
- Sport
- Field Hockey
- Discipline
- Team
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
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Honours & Awards
- ▸Banga Bibhushan
- ▸Padma Shri
Competition Appearances
5 recorded appearances, most significant first.
- ·1960 Summer Olympics
- ·1956 Summer Olympics
- ·1952 Summer Olympics
- ·1948 Summer Olympics
- ·1958 Asian Games
Career Timeline
- 1948Competed at 1948 Summer Olympics
- 1952Competed at 1952 Summer Olympics
- 1956Competed at 1956 Summer Olympics
- 1958Competed at 1958 Asian Games
- 1960Competed at 1960 Summer Olympics
Statistics
About
Leslie Walter Claudius (25 March 1927 – 20 December 2012) was an Indian field hockey player from Bilaspur. He studied in South Eastern Railway (Now SECR) English Medium School Bilaspur, which has produced many national sportsmen. Leslie Claudius shares with Udham Singh the distinction of being one of the only two Indian players to win four Olympic medals in field hockey.
Biography adapted from Leslie Claudius on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Snapshot taken — where the text describes a role or a club in the present tense, read it as of that date.
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