Jaman Lal Sharma

Jaman Lal Sharma
Medal record
Representing  India
Men's Field hockey
Olympic Games
1960 Rome Team

Jaman Lal Sharma (19322007) was an Indian field hockey player.[1] He was born in Bannu, Pakistan. 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. 1 2 "Ex-olympian Jaman Lal Sharma dies after brain haemorrhage". One India. 26 August 2007. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  2. "Jaman Lal Sharma". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  3. "Players happy as street named after Jaman Lal ". Times of India
  4. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  5. "Jaman Lal Sharma state hockey from today". Indian Express.
  6. "Impressive win for Lucknow in Jaman Lal Sharma hockey". Indian Express.


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