Shamsher Singh (Field Hockey) Height, Age, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Nickname	Sheri
Profession(s)	• Field Hockey Player • Punjab National Bank officer
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	5' 10" (178 cm)
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Field Hockey
International Debut	Team India U-21- 2016 Team India- 2019
Jersey Number	#21 (India)
Domestic/State Team	• Punjab National Bank • Punjab Armed Police • Hockey Punjab
Coach	Avtar Singh
Position	Midfielder
Medals	Gold • 2016: All India Inter-University in New Delhi • 2017: Senior Nehru Hockey Tournament in New Delhi • 2023: Asian Games in Hangzhou • 2023: Men's Asian Champions Trophy in Chennai • 2023: Hockey India Senior Men National Championship Silver • 2022: Commonwealth Games in Birmingham Bronze • 2017: Hockey India League • 2021: Summer Olympics in Tokyo • 2021: Men's Asian Champions Trophy in Dhaka
Awards, Honours	• Hero Young Achiever of the Match in the Hockey India League (2017) • Felicitated by Punjab National Bank for representing the Indian Men's Hockey Team (2021) • Arjuna Award (2021) • Felicitated by Punjab National Bank for his performance in the Asian Games (2023)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	29 July 1997 (Tuesday)
Age (as of 2024)	27 Years
Birthplace	Attari, Amritsar, Punjab, India
Zodiac sign	Leo
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Amritsar, Punjab
School	• Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School, Attari, Punjab • Government Senior Secondary Smart School, Attari, Punjab
College/University	• Lovely Professional University, Punjab • DAV College, Jalandhar, Punjab
Educational Qualification	MBA
Religion	Sikhism
Social Media	Instagram
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Family
Parents	Father- Hardev Singh (Farmer) Mother- Harpreet Kaur (Homemaker)
Siblings	Brother- Harjot Singh

Some Lesser Known Facts About Shamsher Singh

• While studying in class 3, he joined a local academy to learn to play harmonium but left it after three months.

• He got interested in hockey when he was about 9 years of age after watching older boys playing hockey.

• Initially, he wanted to play hockey only until the national level to get a government job.

• In an interview, he talked about using a broken hockey stick for the first two years after starting to play hockey due to the lack of proper equipment in his hometown, and said,
  

  Whenever it used to have a crack, my father would fix it with nails and tape it. For two years, I played with that broken stick.”

• In 2021, the Punjab Government renamed Government Senior Secondary School, Attari in Amritsar, Punjab, to Olympian Shamsher Singh Government Senior Secondary School for his contribution to the Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo in 2021.