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Baljit Singh Saini
Medal record
Representing India
Men's Field Hockey
Asian Games
	1998 Bangkok	Team
Asia Cup
	2003 Kuala Lumpur	Team
	1999 Kuala Lumpur	Team

Baljit ("Baljeet") Singh Saini (born 12 August 1976 in Ropar, Punjab) is a field hockey defender and midfielder from India who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1995 during the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup. Baljit Singh Saini represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, where India finished in eighth place. His older brother Balwinder Singh was also a field hockey international for India.

Baljit has won many awards. In June 2008 he visited the US again, while participating in tournaments. He participated in many tournaments throughout the US, visiting many different states and cities during his triumphut run. Baljit also has family who resides in Fresno, California (USA) and he was honored by the Indian Community of Fresno, CA. In an event organized by Rama Kant Dawar and Paramjit Singh Mond, hosted by Kam Nigam, Baljit received an Honorary Recognition Award for his successes.

References

Bharatiya Hockey

External links

Baljit Singh Saini at Olympedia

India squads

v t e India squad – 1996 Summer Olympics – 8th place
1 Subbaiah Anjaparavanda 2 Harpreet Singh 3 Mohammed Riaz 4 Sanjeev Kumar 5 Baljit Singh Saini 6 Sabu Varkey 7 Mukesh Kumar 8 Rahul Singh 9 Dhanraj Pillay 10 Pargat Singh (c) 11 Baljit Singh Dhillon 12 Alloysius Edwards 13 Anil Alexander Aldrin 14 Gavin Ferreira 15 Ramandeep Singh 16 Dilip Tirkey Coach: Cedric D'Souza

v t e India squad – 1998 World Cup – 9th place
1 Jude Menezes 2 Dilip Tirkey 3 Anil Aldrin 4 Baljit Singh Saini 5 Mohammed Riaz 6 Ramandeep Singh 7 Mukesh Kumar 8 Sabu Varkey 9 Dhanraj Pillay 10 Rajesh Chauhan 11 Sameer Dad 12 Jagdish Ponnappa 13 Lazarus Barla 14 Thirumal Valavan 15 Devinder Kumar 16 Harbhajan Singh Coach: Vasudevan Baskaran

v t e India squad – 1998 Asian Games – Gold medal (2nd Title)
1 Anil Alexander Aldrin 2 Ashish Ballal 3 Lazarus Barla 4 Sameer Dad 5 Baljit Singh Dhillon 6 Mukesh Kumar 7 Dhanraj Pillay (c) 8 L. Prabhakaran 9 Mohammed Riaz 10 Baljit Singh Saini 11 Ramandeep Singh 12 Sandeep Somesh 13 A. B. Subbaiah 14 Dilip Tirkey 15 Thirumal Valavan 16 Sabu Varkey

v t e India squad – 2000 Summer Olympics – 7th place
1 Devesh Chauhan 2 Dilip Tirkey 3 Lazarus Barla 4 Baljit Singh Saini 5 Thirumal Valavan 6 Ramandeep Singh (c) 7 Mukesh Kumar 8 Mohammed Riaz 9 Dhanraj Pillay 10 Baljit Singh Dhillon 11 Sameer Dad 12 Jude Menezes 13 Deepak Thakur 14 Gagan Ajit Singh 15 Sukhbir Singh Gill 16 Dinesh Nayak Coach: Vasudevan Baskaran

v t e India squad – 2002 World Cup – 10th place
1 Chauhan 3 I. Tirkey 4 Saini 6 P. Singh 7 J. Singh 8 D. Tirkey 9 Pillay 10 B. Singh (C) 12 Menezes 14 Varkey 16 Gill 17 Barla 18 Halappa 19 Thakur 22 Bipin Fernandez 24 K. Singh 25 Daljit Singh 27 Valavan Coach: Cedric D'Souza

v t e India squad – 2003 Asia Cup – Champions (1st Title)
1 Devesh Chauhan 2 Kamaldeep Singh 3 Dilip Tirkey 4 Kanwalpreet Singh 5 Dinesh Nayak 6 Ignace Tirkey 7 Viren Rasquinha 8 Vikram Pillay 9 Bimal Lakra 10 Deedar Singh 11 Baljit Singh Saini 12 Dhanraj Pillay (c) 13 Gagan Ajit Singh 14 Prabhjot Singh 15 Tejbir Singh 16 Deepak Thakur 17 Sandeep Michael 18 Baljit Singh Dhillon Coach: Rajinder Singh Jr.

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