Tanvir Dar
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tanvir Ahmed Dar | ||
| Born |
4 June 1947 Amritsar, British India | ||
| Died |
11 February 1998 (aged 50) Karachi, Pakistan | ||
| Playing position | Fullback | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | |
| 1965–1974 | Pakistan | 80 (43) | |
Tanvir Ahmed Dar (4 June 1937 – 11 February 1998)[1] was a Pakistani field hockey player who played as a fullback from 1965 to 1974. He was born in Amritsar, Punjab, British India. He won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[2][3][4]
Dar was an established penalty-corner-shooter.[5] He helped Pakistan win the Asian Games hockey title in 1970 and the inaugural World Hockey Cup in 1971 in Barcelona, Spain.[2]
After his elder brother Munir had retired from hockey, the brothers established a hockey academy in Lahore, which was later named Tanvir Dar Hockey Academy.[2][6]
Awards and recognition
[edit | edit source]- Pride of Performance Award in 1971 by the President of Pakistan.[7]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Biography of Tanvi Dar (in Urdu)
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- ^ Tanvir Dar - Biographical information on Olympedia.org website Retrieved 27 June 2021
- ^ European Tour Hockey Tanvir Dar Academy off to flying start The Nation (newspaper), Published 3 June 2011, Retrieved 27 June 2021
- ^ Tanvir Dar's award info on Pakistan Sports Board website Retrieved 25 June 2021
External links
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Categories:
- 1937 births
- 1998 deaths
- Sportspeople from Lahore
- Pakistani male field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for Pakistan
- Olympic gold medalists for Pakistan
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games
- Field hockey players at the 1970 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan
- Asian Games field hockey players for Pakistan
- Recipients of the Pride of Performance
- Field hockey players from Amritsar
- 20th-century Pakistani sportsmen
- Asian Games gold medalists in field hockey
- Pakistani Olympic medalist stubs
- Pakistani field hockey biography stubs