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Jaman Lal Sharma (1932–2007) was an Indian field hockey player.[1] 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ex-olympian Jaman Lal Sharma dies after brain haemorrhage. One India(26 August 2007). Retrieved September 25, 2015.Template:Dead link
- ↑ Jaman Lal Sharma. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ↑ "Players happy as street named after Jaman Lal " Template:Webarchive. Times of India
- ↑ Padma Awards. 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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