Romeo James (born 15 September 1958) is an Indian field hockey player. He competed at the 1982 Delhi Asian Games, winning a silver medal with the Indian team.[1] He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where the Indian team placed fifth.[2]

Olympic medal record
Men's Field Hockey
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 1982 Delhi Team
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Amstelveen
The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Dhyan Chand Award for the year-2015 to Shri Romeo James for Hockey, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2015

Career

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As player

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He competed at the 1982 Delhi Asian Games, winning a silver medal with the Indian team.[1] He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where the Indian team placed fifth.[2]

Under his captaincy, the Services Team has won the National Hockey Championship in 1982 & 1985.[3]

As coach

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He was the coach of Indian Hockey team at the 2010 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[3] He was the coach when Indian team won the silver medal at the 1994 Asian Games and Indira Gandhi International Gold Cup in 1994.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Romeo James Biographical information". olympedia.org. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Romeo James". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Former India Goalkeeper and Head Coach Romeo James Nominated for Dhyan Chand Award | Hockey News". NDTVSports.com.
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