Olympic Hockey Player Manpreet Singh Biography, Age, Mother, Father, Wife, Girlfriend

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Biography or Wiki of Manpreet Singh

Manpreet Singh Sandhu is an Indian field hockey player and the captain of India’s mens national field hockey team since May 2017. His playing position is halfback.

Age

Tokyo Olympic Hockey Manpreet Singh was born to his mother Manjit Kaur and father Ravinder Singh on born 26 June 1992 in Mithapur in Jalandhar, Punjab. He is 29 years old.

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Family

Manpreet Singh Sandhu was born in a farmer’s family in Mithapur near Jalandhar. It is said that Singh took a hockey stick first before a pencil. His two elder brothers, unsurprisingly, are hockey players as well. initially, his mother Manjit and his brothers were against him playing hockey, he eventually convinced them by his talent.

Manpreet also has two elder brothers named Amandeep and Sukhraj, both of whom are well-established hockey players.

Career

His mother was not a supporter of him playing hockey and had locked him in a room when he was only 10-years-old. He escaped the room and went to his coach. Then after his win in a tournament where he won INR 500 cash, his family started supporting him. He then got enrolled in Surjit Hockey Academy, Jalandhar. He idolizes former German captain, Moritz Furste and holds Sardar Singh as an inspiration.

Marriage

Manpreet got engaged to Illi Najwa Saddique (or Navpreet), a Malaysian of Pakistan descent, whom he met after one of his matches. After having known each other for 8 years, the two got married on December 16, 2020. The wedding took place at a gurdwara at Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar in Jalndhar.

“We met in 2012 when I had gone to Malaysia for the Sultan of Johor Cup. She was among the spectators. We had a brief interaction and I was carried away by her charm. I managed to get her phone number and stayed in touch. We got engaged in February 2014.”

Biography of Hockey Player Manpreet Singh

Real Full Name	Manpreet Singh Sandhu
Age	29 years
Occupation	Hockey Player
Date of Birth / Age	26 June 1992
Hometown	Mithapur village, Punjab
Religion	Converted Muslim after marriage
Height	1.71 m
Weight	72 kg
Coach	Baldev Singh, Graham Reid
Achievement	Named as Asia’s Junior Player of the Year in 2014.
Networth	INR 5 crore.
Spouse / Wife	Illi Najwa Saddique
Caste	Singh
Family	Mother: Manpreet Singh mother name is Manjit Kaur Father: Manpreet Singh father name is Ravinder Singh Brothers: Manpreet Singh’s younger brother name is Amandeep and elders brother name is Sukhraj Daughter: Kara Anita is the daughter of Manpreet Singh and his wife Illi Najwa Saddique.
Awards and Accolades	• Asia’s Junior Player of the Year (2014) • Earned the title of Best Midfielder of the Year Hockey India Annual Awards (2015) • AHF (Asian Hockey Federation) Best Player of the Year (2015) • Arjuna Award (2018)
Captain	Indian Mens Hockey Team

Unknown & Interesting Facts About Manpreet Singh

• Manpreet Singh is an Indian field hockey player who became the captain of India men’s national field hockey team in May 2017.
• Since childhood, he was intrigued by hockey and was keen to learn the game. He grew up playing hockey with his two elder brothers who are also skilful hockey players. In an interview, while remembering a childhood incident, he said,
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One day, when I was 10 years old, as I was about to leave for coaching, my brother locked me in a room. However, I managed to get out and join him at the coaching ground. My brother got angry and was about to hit me, but the coach said I should be given a chance to learn the game since I was so keen.”

• During his childhood days, Manpreet’s mother wasn’t supportive of her youngest son playing hockey. She was worried that Manpreet too might break his nose during a game just like his elder brother. His mother came on board when his first hockey win earned him a cash prize of Rs 500. Thereafter, she decided to no longer keep him from the game.
• In 2005, he began training at Surjit Hockey Academy in Jalandhar, considered one of India’s best institutes for the sport.
• Manpreet was inspired by the former captain of the Indian hockey Pargat Singh, who hails from Manpreet’s village, Mithapur. In an interview, he said,

My first inspiration to play the game came from Pargat Singh, the former captain of the Indian hockey team, and DSP of my district…Besides that, I was attracted by the prizes my brothers received when they won matches.”

• He began his professional career at the age of 19.
• In 2012, he represented India at the 2012 Summer Olympics, held in London, UK.
• In 2013, he became captain of the India junior men’s hockey team in the Men’s Hockey Junior World Cup, held in New Delhi, India.
• In 2013, he came into the limelight when he captained the junior men’s team in the third Sultan of Johor Cup, held in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. India’s junior team displayed extravagant skills to defeat England, Argentina, Pakistan, and South Korea in this prestigious tournament. India defeated the host country’s team, Malaysia, in the final match by 3-0 and earned the Gold Medal.
• In 2014, the title of Asia’s Junior Player of the Year was bestowed upon him by the Asian Hockey Federation in its Congress held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• In 2014, he was a part of the BPCL Team, which won the Scindia Gold Cup Hockey Tournament after beating Central Railways 3-1, held in Gwalior.
• My mother told me that my father always wanted me to give my best on the field, so I should go back and play well. And my teammates and even members of rival teams helped and supported me in those sad days.”