Jaman Lal Sharma
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Representing  India
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.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1960 Rome | Team |
Jaman Lal Sharma (1932–2007) was an Indian field hockey player.[1] He was born in Bannu, Pakistan. He won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[2]
Sharma was born in Bannu, in what is now Pakistan, in 1932.[3] After retiring as a player, Sharma became a coach and was manager of the Indian hockey team at the Asian Games.
The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri in 1990.[4] Sharma died on 26 August 2007, aged 75, following the complications developed after a fall in his bathroom. He had three daughters and a son, Deepak Sharma, who is a Journalist.[1]
In Lucknow, a state hockey tournament is being organized every year since 2008 in his memory.[5][6]
References
- 1 2 "Ex-olympian Jaman Lal Sharma dies after brain haemorrhage". One India. 26 August 2007. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Jaman Lal Sharma". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ↑ "Players happy as street named after Jaman Lal ". Times of India
- ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Jaman Lal Sharma state hockey from today". Indian Express.
- ↑ "Impressive win for Lucknow in Jaman Lal Sharma hockey". Indian Express.
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