Jaman Lal Sharma
Indian field hockey player (1932–2007)
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Jaman Lal Sharma (1932–2007) was an Indian field hockey player.[1] He won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[2]
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  India | ||
| Men's Field hockey | ||
Olympic Games  | ||
 | 1960 Rome | Team |
| Asian Games | ||
| 1962 Jakarta | Team |
Sharma was born in Bannu, North-West Frontier Province, British India, in what is now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, in 1932.[3] After retiring as a player, Sharma became a coach and was manager of the Indian hockey team at the Asian Games.
The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri in 1990.[4] Sharma died on 26 August 2007, aged 75, following the complications developed after a fall in his bathroom. He had three daughters and a son, Deepak Sharma, who is a journalist.[1]
In Lucknow, a state hockey tournament is being organized every year since 2008 in his memory.[5][6]
