Rahim Khan (field hockey)
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Rahim Khan (Urdu:رحيم خان, born 20 April 1971) is a former Olympian and inventor of reverse flick, is a hockey legend who was member of Pakistan field hockey team[1] who won the Men's World cup hockey tournament in 1994. He played 126 international matches by scoring 25 international goals and most on them on the reverse flick, he invented.[2] He plays at right- in position.
Rahim Khan was born on 20 April 1971[3] at Mingora city of Swat District. He started hockey at school level. Earlier he played for a local club;Eleven Star, Saidu Sharif many years. He was first selected at national level, by Pakistan WAPDA hockey team. Then he joined Pakistan International Airlines (P.I.A) hockey club. He was selected for Pakistani squad in 1991. Former Olympian, Rahim Khan played five Champions Trophies, two World Cup and Atlanta Olympic. He won gold medal in 1994 Champions Trophy and World Cup,[3] bronze medals in Asia Cup and Asian Games, silver medal in SAF Games and gold medal in World Cup Qualifying round in his hockey carrier from 1991-1998.[2] He was also awarded President Pride of Performance by Government of Pakistan. Rahim Khan is currently running a hockey coaching academy at Peshawar.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Pakistan hockey team players". Forum Pakistan. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Rahim Khan praises pakistan". APP. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rahim Khan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
External links
[edit]- Rahim Khan at the International Hockey Federation
- Rahim Khan at Olympedia
- Rahim Kahn at Olympics.com
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