Punjab in Sports – Every third Indian Olympic medalist is a Punjabi (read the names)

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Olympic medalists from Punjab (1928 to 2020) - List -

1928 Olympics – Feroz Khan, Kehar Singh Gill and Broome Eric Pinniger (Hockey, Gold).

1932 Olympics – Broome Eric Pinniger, Arthur Charles Hind, Gurmeet Singh Kullar, Lal Shah Bokhari, Sayed Mohammad Jaffar, Masuad Ali Khan Minhas and Sardar Muhammad Aslam (Hockey, Gold).

1936 Olympics – Sayed Mohammad Jaffar, Ali Iqtidar Shah Dara and Gurucharan Singh Grewal (Hockey Gold).

1948 Olympics – Tarlochan Singh Bawa, Grahanandan Singh, Balbir Singh Senior and Amir Kumar (Hockey, Gold).

1952 Olympics – Grahanandan Singh, Balbir Singh Senior, Dharam Singh Gill, Udham Singh and Raghbir Lal (Hockey, Gold).

1956 Olympics – Balbir Singh Senior, Amir Kumar, Udham Singh, Raghbir Lal, Balkrishan Singh, Bakhsish Singh, Gurdev Singh and Hardyal Singh (Hockey, Gold).

1960 Olympics – Udham Singh, Balkrishan Singh, Kulwant Arora, Charanjit Singh and Prithipal Singh (Hockey, Silver).

1964 Olympics – Udham Singh, Charanjit Singh, Prithipal Singh, Rajinder Singh, Darshan Singh, Jagjit Singh, Harbinder Singh, Balbir Singh Jr, Dharam Singh Mann (Hockey, Gold).

1968 Olympics – Prithipal Singh, Jagjit Singh, Harbinder Singh, Balbir Singh Jr, Dharam Singh Mann, Col Balbir Singh, Tarsem Singh, Ajitpal Singh and Harmik Singh (Hockey, Bronze).

1972 Olympics – Harbinder Singh, Ajitpal Singh, Harmik Singh, Ajit Singh, Charles Cornelius, Harcharan Singh, Kulwant Singh and Mukhbain Singh (Hockey, Bronze).

1980 Olympics – Charanjit Kumar, Davinder Singh Garcha, Gurmail Singh and Surinder Singh Sodhi (Hockey, Gold).

2008 Olympics – Abhinav Bindra (Shooting, Gold).

2020 Olympics – Manpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh, Hardik Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Mandeep Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Rupinderpal Singh, Shamsher Singh, Varun Kumar (Hockey, Bronze).