Balraj Panesar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Balraj Singh Panesar | ||
| Born |
March 16, 1996 Surrey, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | East Grinstead | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| – | Canada | 70 | (2) |
Medal record | |||
| Last updated on: 12 August 2019 | |||
Balraj Singh Panesar (born March 16, 1996) is a Canadian field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for the English Premier Club Beeston HC and the Canadian national team.
Early life
[edit]Panesar was born on March 16, 1996, in Surrey, British Columbia. He was introduced to the sport by his father; his elder brother Sukhi Panesar has also represented Canada in field hockey.
Club career
[edit]Panesar played for the UBC Thunderbirds and United Brothers in Canada before moving to England. He joined Beeston HC[1]
International career
[edit]Panesar made his national senior team debut in 2014. The same year, he was part of the Canadian team that won the silver medal at the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.[2] He captained the Canadian team at the 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup in Lucknow, India.[3] He was part of the national team that clinched silver at the 2017 Men's Pan American Cup in Lancaster, United States. He was selected for the 2018 World Cup,[4] where he played all four games. In June 2019, he was selected in the Canada squad for the 2019 Pan American Games.[5] They won the silver medal as they lost 5–2 to Argentina in the final.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Beeston Men's Adult Saturday Club Matches". October 15, 2022. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ^ "Balraj Panesar". fieldhockey.ca. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
- ^ Singh, Prabhjot (January 6, 2017). "Overseas Indian sportsmen have done their homeland proud". The Indian Panorama. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
- ^ "Field Hockey Canada announces 2018 Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Roster". fieldhockey.ca. November 2, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
- ^ "Field Hockey Canada announces Pan American Games Men's National Team roster". www.fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. June 17, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
- ^ "Canadian men's field hockey team misses chance to qualify for Olympics". www.ctvnews.ca. CTV News. August 11, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Balraj Panesar at the International Hockey Federation
- Balraj Panesar at Field Hockey Canada
- Balraj Panesar at Team Canada
- Balraj Panesar at Olympics.com
- Balraj Panesar at Olympedia
- Balraj Panesar at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Balraj Panesar at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Canadian male field hockey players
- Sportspeople from Surrey, British Columbia
- Canadian sportspeople of Indian descent
- Canadian people of Punjabi descent
- Male field hockey defenders
- Male field hockey midfielders
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Field hockey players at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in field hockey
- UBC Thunderbirds players
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada
- Youth Olympic silver medalists for Canada
- East Grinstead Hockey Club players
- Canadian expatriate field hockey players
- Men's England Hockey League players
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Canadian field hockey biography stubs