Olympic medal record
Men's Field Hockey
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 1982 Delhi Team
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal – third place1982 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

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]

Career

As 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]

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

As coach

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

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


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