Khadangbam Kothajit Singh

Kothajit Singh

Personal information
Full name	Khadangbam Kothajit Singh
Born	(1992-08-17) 17 August 1992 (age 31) Imphal East, India
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Playing position	Defender / Midfielder
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–	India	207	(4)
Medal record Men's field hockey Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team Asia Cup 2013 Ipoh Champions Trophy 2016 London Asian Champions Trophy 2016 Kuantan 2018 Muscat 2012 Doha World League 2014–15 Raipur Team 2016–17 Bhubaneswar Team Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Team

Khadangbam Kothajit Singh (born 17 August 1992) is an India field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for the Indian national team.

He represented India in Men's Hockey during the 2012 London Olympics. He is the third hockey Olympian - after Pangambam Nilakomol Singh and Ksh. Thoiba - from the state of Manipur, known for producing a disproportionate number of international-standard sportspersons.^[2] He was a member of the silver-medal winning Indian team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

He was a member of India's gold-medal winning hockey team at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. He was India's only goal-scorer in regular time, which ended 1-1 against silver medalist Pakistan. India won 4-2 in a penalty shootout.

References

External links

• Khadangbam Kothajit Singh at Hockey India
• Khadangbam Kothajit Singh at the International Hockey Federation
• Khadangbam Kothajit Singh at Olympedia
• Khadangbam Kothajit Singh at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)