Olympic medallist hockey player Varinder Singh passes away

Jalandhar: Olympic medallist and former hockey player Varinder Singh passed away here on Tuesday. He was 75.

Born May 16, 1947 Varinder had won a bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

In 2007, he was honoured with the Dhyan Chand award by then President Pratibha Patil.

Sharing the news of the Olympian's demise, Jalandhar's Surjit Hockey Society said: "All the Members of the Surjit Hockey Society pray to the Almighty to give the family members courage and strength to bear this irreparable loss and grant eternal peace to the departed soul."

Taking to Twitter, Hockey India wrote: "In light of the tragic passing of the great Hockey player Shri Varinder Singh, we pray to the Almighty to grant the departed person's soul eternal rest and to provide the family members the fortitude to endure this irreparable loss." (Inputs from UNI)