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{{short description|Indian field hockey player}}
{{for|the Indian Olympic athlete|Jugraj Singh (athlete)}}
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'''Jugraj Singh''' (born 22 April 1983) is a former [[India]]n [[field hockey]] player whose playing career was cut short by a 2003 car accident.<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/sports/2003/sep/03jug.htm "Hockey star Jugraj Singh hurt in accident". Rediff.com, 3 September 2003] Retrieved 2012-07-22.</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030904/main3.htm Prabhjot Singh and Varinder Singh, "Jugraj injured in car accident". ''Chandigarh Tribune'', 4 September 2003] Retrieved 2012-07-22.</ref> Born in 1983 to a [[Sikh]] family in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], the former Punjab policeman was a self-coached, drag-flicker defender who later became a coach.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105215716/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-13/hockey/29768257_1_taeke-taekema-jugraj-singh-rupinder-pal-singh "Rupinder is India's future hockey star, says Jugraj". ''Times Of India'', 13 Jul. 2011] Retrieved 2012-07-23.</ref> A product of the Surjeet Singh Hockey Academy in [[Jalandhar]] and the Air India Hockey Academy in [[Delhi]], Singh played left fullback for the [[Punjab Police (India)|Punjab Police]] team in Jalandhar; he made his international debut in the 2001 under-18 Asia Cup in [[Ipoh]]. Singh was not the only field-hockey player in his family; his older sister Rajbeer Kaur Rai is a former India captain and recipient of the [[Arjuna Award]], and his brother-in-law [[Gurmail Singh (field hockey, born 1959)|Gurmail Singh]] played on the 1980 Olympic team. Singh played a pivotal role in taking Indian field hockey to a higher level by winning the Junior World Cup, the 2003 Indo-Pak Champions Trophy and the Asian Championship.<ref>[http://bharatiyahockey.org/yuvasena/jugraj2.htm Indian Hockey's Yuva Sena-Kamikaze Jugraj] Retrieved 2012-07-23.</ref><ref>[https://www.webcitation.org/69NOIQq3N?url=http://bharatiyahockey.org/yuvasena/jugraj1.htm Jugraj Singh—The Lion-Hearted] Archived from [http://bharatiyahockey.org/yuvasena/jugraj1.htm the original] 23 July 2012.</ref> He was considered to be the next [[Sohail Abbas]] by many experts; in a series against [[Pakistan]], he performed so well that Abbas said he could see a younger version of himself in Singh.

After his accident Singh attempted a comeback on the national team; however, he never went further than the probables list despite playing for the [[Chandigarh Dynamos]] with a decent record in the PHL.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Jugraj-Singh-wants-a-chance/articleshow/939570.cms "Jugraj Singh wants a chance". ''Times of India'', 26 Dec. 2006] Retrieved 2012-07-23.</ref> He was given an opportunity to coach the junior national team for penalty corners at the national camp.<ref>[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/176068/future-bright-flicking-front-says.html "Future bright on flicking front, says Jugraj Singh". ''Deccan Herald'', 13 July 2011] Retrieved 2012-07-23.</ref> Singh picked four players from that team, one of whom is the renowned [[drag flick|drag-flicker]] [[Rupinder Pal Singh]]. "I did not achieve this overnight. My drag flick coach Jugraj has worked hard for that. I owe my success to him," Rupinder said. He added "Sohail Abbas is brilliant drag flicker. He has the world record against his name but if Jugraj did not meet with an accident in 2003, he might have been the record holder".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120412040818/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-10/azlan-shah-cup-2011/29528708_1_drag-penalty-corner-olympic-qualifiers "I owe my success to Jugraj Singh, says Rupinder Pal". ''Times of India'', May 11, 2011] Retrieved 2012-07-22.</ref>

Singh is the penalty-corners coach of the Indian men's national team.<ref>[http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/8/2010110120101101023600975d8e1c3e7/For-Jugraj-Singh-it%E2%80%99s-mission-redemption.html Sandeep Narayan, "For Jugraj Singh, it's mission redemption". ''Mumbai Mirror'', 1 November 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002165327/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/8/2010110120101101023600975d8e1c3e7/For-Jugraj-Singh-it%E2%80%99s-mission-redemption.html |date=2 October 2012 }} Retrieved 2012-07-23.</ref> With his
coaching, India qualified for the [[London Olympics 2012]] with Chief Coach [[Michael Nobbs]]. In the qualifiers, India's penalty-corner conversion ratio was very high because of [[Sandeep Singh]] and [[V. R. Raghunath]]. In the qualifying final,
India defeated [[France]] 8–1. Of the eight goals, six (of seven attempts) were scored on penalty corners; five of the six penalty-corner goals were scored by Sandeep Singh.

==Playing career==
;Tournaments:
*Junior Nationals, February 2001: [[Chennai]]
*National Games, December 2002: [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] (1st place)
*Nehru Hockey Tournament, November 2002: Delhi (1st place)
*[[Beighton Cup]], March–April 2002: [[Kolkata]] (1st place)
*Muruguppa Gold Cup ([[Hockey India|IHF]] Juniors), August 2001: Chennai (1st place)

;Goals:
*World Cup, February, March 2002, Kuala Lumpur (10th place): 3
*Champions Trophy, August 2003, Amstelveen (4th place): 4
*August–September 2002, Cologne (4th place): 5
*Asian Games, October 2002, Busan (2nd place): 4
*Champions Challenge, December 2001, Kuala Lumpur (1st place): 2
*Junior World Cup, October 2001, Hobart (1st place): 7
*Sub-Junior (u-18) Asia Cup, June 2001, Ipoh (1st place): 14 (captain, top scorer, MVP)
*Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, August 2001, Kuala Lumpur (5th place): 1
*Australian Tour, June 2003: 3
*Nation Tournament, Sydney (1st place): 2
*Adelaide-Melbourne, May–June 2002 (2nd in 4-Nation): 3
*European Tour, June 2003, Hamburg, 4-Nation Panasonic Masters (1st place): 1
*4-Nation Tourney, August 2002, Amstelveen: 1

== References ==
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{{India FH Squad 2002 World Cup}}
{{India FH Squad 2002 Asian Games}}
{{India FH Squad 2002 Champions Trophy}}
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[[Category:1983 births]]
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[[Category:Indian Sikhs]]
[[Category:Field hockey players from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Male field hockey defenders]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in field hockey]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2002 Asian Games]]
[[Category:2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players]]
[[Category:Indian male field hockey players]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games]]

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