India's athletes, on one page.

Jagbir Singh

Jagbir Singh (born 20 February 1965) is a former Indian field hockey player who played as a centre-forward. He represented India in two Olympics (1988 & 1992), 1990 World Cup and was a leading light of the Indian team in all the major tournaments, for a decade, from 1985 to 1995, including two Asian Games (1986 & 1990), the 1989 Asia Cup & Champions trophy. He was awarded the Arjuna Award for hockey by the Government of India in 1990, "Laxman Award" in 2004 & highest civilian samman "Yash Bharti Award" for the year 2015–16 by the (Government of Uttar Pradesh).

Jagdish Gill

Jagdish Gill (born December 5, 1984, in Calcutta, India) is an Indian-born Canadian field hockey player, who played for the Canada national field hockey team at the 2015 Pan American Games and won a silver medal. In 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team.

Jagjit Singh

Jagjit Singh Kular (1 January 1944 – 16 November 2010) was a field hockey player from India. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics, the 1966 Asian Games, and the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Jaipal Singh

Jaipal Singh Munda (3 January 1903 – 20 March 1970) was an Indian politician, writer, and sportsman. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly, which debated the new Constitution of the Indian Union. He also captained the Indian field hockey team to a gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

Jalal-ud-Din Syed Rizvi

Jalal-ud-Din Syed Rizvi (born 10 January 1958) is an Indian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Jalaluddin Rizvi

Syed Jalaluddin Rizvi is a former field hockey player who represented India in the 1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles USA. He is from Bhopal in the state of Madhya Pradesh. He played at the right wing position.

Jaman Lal Sharma

Jaman Lal Sharma (1932–2007) was an Indian field hockey player. He won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Sharma was born in Bannu, North-West Frontier Province, British India, in what is now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, in 1932.

Jarmanpreet Singh

Jarmanpreet Singh (born 18 July 1996) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a defender. He made his Olympic debut at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he won the bronze medal.

Jasjeet Kaur Handa

Jasjeet Kaur Handa (born 20 December 1987, Shahabad Markanda, Haryana) is an Indian former field hockey player, who represented the India women's national field hockey team. She hails from Haryana and was part of the team that won the gold at the 2004 Women's Hockey Asia Cup. In 2007, Jasjeet Kaur and Subhadra Pradhan became the first Indian women to play for a European club, when they played for the Dutch club HC Den Bosch in 2007.

Jasjit Singh Kular

Jasjit Singh Kular (born 30 December 1989) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a forward. He was part of the Indian team that competed at the 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup.

Jaswant Singh

Jaswant Singh (10 August 1931 – 14 January 2022) was an Indian field hockey player.

Jaswant Singh Rajput

Jaswant Singh Rajput (1926 – 28 January 2015) was an Indian field hockey player who played as a center-half in the Indian team. At the club level, he played for Bhowanipore and Mohun Bagan. Known for his dribbling skills and ball control, he won gold medals with the Indian team at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.

Joaquim Carvalho

Joaquim Martin Carvalho (born 16 August 1959) is an Indian former field hockey player, Olympian, captain of the Indian Hockey Team, and Men's National Team coach. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is one of the most decorated personalities in Indian Hockey having represented India at major international events both as a player and coach.

Joginder Singh

Joginder Singh (3 August 1939 – 6 November 2002), nicknamed "Gindi", was an Indian hockey player.

John Peter

Victor John "V. " Peter (19 June 1937 – 30 June 1998) was an Indian professional field hockey player. A three-time Olympian who played as a halfback, he was a part of the Indian national team that won the silver, gold and bronze medals respectively in the 1960, the 1964 and the 1968 Olympic Games.

Joseph Antic

Joseph "Joe" Anthony Antic (13 March 1931 – 12 July 2016) was an Indian field hockey player. He was born in Secunderabad. He won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Joseph Galibardy

Joseph Deville Thomas Galibardy (10 January 1915 – 17 May 2011) was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal. He played five matches as halfback.

Joseph Phillips

Joseph Phillips (24 March 1911 – 13 November 1987) was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Indian field hockey team which won the gold medal. He played one match as back.

Jude Menezes

Jude Sebastian

Jude Felix Sebastian (born 26 January 1965) is an Indian field hockey player. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics. He has capped over 250 matches, including 2 World Cups, 2 Asian Games, and 3 Champions Trophy tournaments.

Jugraj Singh

Jugraj Singh (born 11 December 1996) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a defender for the Indian national team.

Jugraj Singh

Jugraj Singh (born 22 April 1983) is a former Indian field hockey player whose playing career was cut short by a 2003 car accident. Born in 1983 to a Sikh family in Punjab, the former Punjab policeman was a self-coached, drag-flicker defender who later became a coach. A product of the Surjeet Singh Hockey Academy in Jalandhar and the Air India Hockey Academy in Delhi, Singh played left fullback for the Punjab Police team in Jalandhar; he made his international debut in the 2001 under-18 Asia Cup in Ipoh.

Jyothi Edula

Edula Jyothi Reddy (born 30 May 2002) is an Indian field hockey player from Telangana. She plays for the India women's national field hockey team as a midfielder. She plays for Railway Sports Promotion Board and Telangana Hockey in the domestic tournaments.

Jyoti

Jyoti Rumavat (born 11 December 1999) is an Indian field hockey player from Haryana. She plays as a forward for the national team. Rumavat plats for Soorma Hockey Club in Hockey India League.

Jyoti Chhatri

Jyoti Chhatri (born 8 March 2003) is an Indian field hockey player and member of Indian women's hockey team. She hails from Panposh in Odisha. She is a product of Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Centre.

Jyoti Singh

Jyoti Singh (born 6 October 2004) is an Indian hockey player from Haryana. She plays for the India women's national field hockey team as a defender. She played for JSW Soorma Hockey Club in the Women's Hockey India League 2025.

Jyoti Sunita Kullu

Jyoti Sunita Kullu (born 9 September 1978 in Sundargarh, Odisha) is an Indian former field hockey player, who represented the India women's national field hockey team. She made her international debut for India in 1996 in Delhi at the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup. In 2002, she became the top scorer of the Champions Challenge tournament in Johannesburg, South Africa, with five goals in six matches.

K. D. Singh

Kunwar Digvijay Singh (2 February 1922 – 27 March 1978), popularly known as "Babu", was an Indian field hockey player. He was born in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. He is widely known for his passing ability and is considered by many to be the greatest dribbler of the game comparable only to Dhyan Chand.

Kanika Siwach

Kanika Siwach (born 1 August 2005) is an Indian Junior field hockey player from Haryana. She was selected for the senior Indian team ahead of the 2024-25 FIH Hockey Pro League for women. She plays as a forward for Railway Sports Promotion Board and Hockey Haryana in the domestic tournaments and for Odisha Warriors in the Hero Hockey India League.

Kanti Baa

Kanti Baa (born 15 November 1979) is a member of the Indian women's hockey team and played with the team when it won the Gold at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

Kanwalpreet Singh

Kanwalpreet Singh (born 28 December 1981) is a former Indian field hockey player who played as a defender for the national team. He represented India at the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup, 2006 Asian Games and 2006 Commonwealth Games. He works for the Punjab Police.

Keegan Pereira

Keegan Reginald Pereira (born September 8, 1991) is an Indian-born Canadian field hockey player, who plays as a midfielder or forward for the Canadian national team.

Keshav Dutt

Keshav Chandra Dutt, also spelt as Keshav Datt (29 December 1925 – 7 July 2021), was an Indian field hockey player and played as a halfback. He was a part of the team that won gold medals at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. He made 22 international appearances for India and scored two goals in his career.

Kishan Lal

Kishan Lal (2 February 1917 – 23 June 1980) was an Indian field hockey player. He captained the Indian hockey team at the 1948 Summer Olympics to gold, winning independent India's first gold medal by defeating Great Britain 4-0 in the final.

Kothajit Singh

Kothajit Singh Khadangbam (Meitei: 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.

Krishan Pathak

Kishan Bahadur Pathak (born 24 April 1997) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Indian national team.

Krishnamurthy Perumal

Krishnamurthy Perumal (born 26 September 1943) is a two-time Olympic medalist in field hockey and Arjuna Award winning sportsman for India. He hails from the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. En route to the Indian national hockey team, he played for teams such as the ICF (Integrated Coach Factory), Tamil Nadu and Indian Airlines.

Kulwant Singh

Kulwant Singh (born 18 December 1948) is an Indian field hockey player. He won a bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He resided in Italy following his hockey career.

Lal Shah Bokhari

Lal Shah Bokhari (Urdu: لال شاہ بخاری; born 13 January 1906 – 22 July 1959) was a field hockey player who represented India. He was the captain of the 15-member Indian field hockey team in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Lalit Upadhyay

Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (born 31 December 1993) is a former Indian field hockey player. He was a member of the Indian team that won bronze medals at both the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. In 2021, Upadhyay was honored with the Arjuna Award for his excellence in sports.

Lalremsiami

Lalremsiami Hmar Zote (born 30 March 2000) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a forward and occasionally as a halfback for the Indian national team. At the club level, she plays for Sports Authority of India. Lalremsiami was a part of the 18-member squad that represented India at the 2018 World Cup.

Latif-ur Rehman

Latif-ur Rehman (1 January 1929 – 27 February 1987), also known as Latifur Rehman, was a field hockey player who competed internationally for India and Pakistan. He won a gold medal as a member of India's team at the 1948 Summer Olympics and a silver medal playing for Pakistan at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The 1956 silver was Pakistan's first ever Olympic medal.

Lawrie Fernandes

Lawrence "Lawrie" Fernandes (1929 – 22 January 1995) was an Indian field hockey player who won a gold medal with the India men’s national field hockey team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. A Goan player affiliated with Bombay in domestic hockey, Fernandes was one of five Goans in India’s 1948 Olympic squad, alongside Leo Pinto, Walter D’Souza, Maxie Vaz, and Reginald Rodrigues. He also represented Tata Sports Club (later known as Tata Oil Mills Company, or TOMCO) in domestic competitions.

Lazarus Barla

Lazarus ("Lajarus") Barla (born April 11, 1979 in Tilaikani, near Sundargarh, Odisha) is a field hockey defender from India, who belongs to the Oraon tribe of Chota Nagpur. He made his international senior debut for the India men's national team in January 1998 during the test series against Germany. He represented his country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where India finished in seventh place.

Len Aiyappa

Len Aiyappa (born 31 March 1979) is an Indian field hockey player. He remained one of India's best drag-flickers in the India men's national field hockey team until he retired in 2006. He last played for India during the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in 2005.

Leo Pinto

Leo Pinto (11 April 1914 – 10 August 2010) was an Indian field hockey player who played as a goalkeeper, who won the gold medal with the India national team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. During the peak of his playing days, he was rated among the best goalkeepers in the world.

Leslie Claudius

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.

Leslie Fernandez

Leslie Fernandez is a railway worker and former Indian national field hockey goalie. He served as a goalkeeper in the Indian national hockey team which won the gold medal in the 1975 Hockey World Cup. and he was educated at Campion Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School in Tiruchirappalli.