Shivendra Singh is a former Indian hockey player and assistant coach of the national men’s hockey team. During his career as a player, Shivendra played at the center forward position.
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Shivendra Singh was born as ‘Shivendra Singh Chaudhary’ on Thursday, 9 June 1983 (age 40 years; as in 2023) in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Their zodiac sign is Gemini. Shivendra completed his schooling from Shri Gandhi Shishu Mandir School, Gwalior.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 8″
Weight (Approx): 65 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: dark brown
Family
parents and siblings
Shivendra Singh’s mother Radha Devi is a housewife and his father is Jhamman Singh Chaudhary. Shivendra has 2 brothers and one of them named Gajendra Chaudhary, who was also a hockey player and now works in Central Railways.
Shivendra Singh’s mother
wife and children
Shivendra Singh and Nishi Singh dated each other for a long time before getting married on 10 December 2010. Nishi is also a former Indian hockey player. The couple is blessed with two daughters.
Shivendra Singh at his wedding ceremony with Nishi
Shivendra Singh with his daughter
Shivendra Singh with his wife and daughters
Caste
Shivendra Singh belongs to Jat community.
livelihood
hockey player
Shivendra Singh represented Mumbai in the 1998 Sub-Junior National Championship and was then hired on a contract and represented Tata Power Hockey Team, a team owned by Tata Group. In 2002, Shivendra Singh joined Western Railways where his coach was Gurbux Singh who is an Indian field hockey player. During his time at Western Railways, he was also a part of some invitational tournaments, junior national and junior district tournaments. Shivendra then became a part of the Maratha Warriors in the first edition of the Premier Hockey League (PHL) held in Hyderabad and won the bronze medal, and in 2006, he participated in the second edition of the Premier Hockey League and represented the Indian team. League in Chandigarh. It was only after his performance in the league that he was selected for the Indian national hockey team. Shivendra also participated in the 2007 Men’s Hockey Asia Cup, the seventh tournament of the Men’s Hockey Asia Cup. It was held in Chennai where India defeated Korea in the final of the tournament, winning the gold medal. In 2010, he was selected in the Indian team to play in the Commonwealth Games held in New Delhi, in which the Indian hockey team won the silver medal. In the same year, Shivendra Singh participated in the 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in which India and Korea were joint champions of the cup. In 2012, Shivendra was bought by the Hockey Indian League (HIL) team ‘Punjab Warriors’ for $27500. In the same year, he also participated in the 2012 Olympic Games held in London.
Shivendra Singh (left) during one of his matches at the 2012 Olympic Games.
In 2019, he represented the Air India Hockey team in the 82nd All India Scindia Gold Cup.
team coach
In 2023, Shivendra Singh was appointed as the assistant coach of the Indian men’s hockey team for the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.
Shivendra Singh (centre) with the players of the Indian hockey team at the 2022 Asian Games held in China.
Facts/General Knowledge
- In 2003, Shivendra Singh was included in the training camp for the Poznań Junior Challenge Cup 2003, but was not shortlisted.
- He was awarded the ‘Best Player’ award at the Bombay Gold Cup in 2003 and 2005.
- Shivendra was one of the players who did not play in the age-group categories and entered the senior national team directly.
- Shivendra Singh used to go to the hockey stadium with his elder brother who used to go there for practice and this is how Shivendra started his hockey journey.
- He used to go for trials for SAI (Sports Association of India) in Saifai, Uttar Pradesh and in 1998 he got selected for SAI and in 1999 he joined the Mumbai branch of Sports Association of India.
- Shivendra Singh considers his elder brother and his wife Nishi as the biggest inspiration in life.
- His favorite hockey players are Dhanraj Pillay and Jamie Dwyer.
Shivendra Singh with his favorite hockey player Dhanraj Pillay
- Shivendra was famous for his flying salute after scoring a goal. He used to salute the spectators who came to cheer the team. His salute was for the people of India and also for the honor of the country.
Signed salute gesture of Shivendra Singh
- His tradition was always to talk to his family and wife before a match.
- Shivendra Singh Chaudhary is also known as Shivendra Singh Nauhwar.
- In 2010, Shivendra was banned for 2 matches by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) for “intentionally” hitting a Pakistani player, Farid Ahmed, in the opening match of the 12th edition of the Men’s Hockey World Cup held in New Delhi. Delhi. Initially, he was banned for three matches which was later reduced to two as other members and staff of the Indian hockey team claimed that the foul was ‘unintentional’.
- On 9 January 2024, Shivendra Singh was awarded the ‘Dronacharya Award 2023 for outstanding coaches in sports and games’.
Shivendra Singh receiving the Dronacharya Award from the President of India Draupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
- Shivendra is a close friend of Indian hockey player Parattu Raveendran Sreejesh, whom he also considers to be the toughest goalkeeper to beat.
Shivendra Singh with his close friend and hockey player Parattu Ravindran Sreejesh (left)
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