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Rajendran Christie

Personal information
Full name	Rajendran Absolem Christie
Born	(1938-07-01) 1 July 1938 (age 86) Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, (now in Karnataka, India)
Died	22 December 1992(1992-12-22) (aged 54) Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing  India Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Team 1968 Mexico City Team Asian Games 1962 Jakarta Team

Rajendran Absolem Christie (1 July 1938 – 22 December 1992) was an Indian former field hockey player. He was the goalkeeper of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in the 1964 Summer Olympics at Tokyo, Japan, and the bronze medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics at Mexico City, Mexico. They also won the silver medal in the 1962 Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesia.

Christy was an alumnus of Bangalore Military School. As a mark of respect, the school Hockey ground was named after him. He died on 22 December 1992 in Bangalore.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rajendran Christie". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
2. India's Olympic History Archived 13 September 2012 at archive.today
3. 1964 Tokyo Olympics at www.bharathiyahockey.org
4. "Olympedia - Rajendra Christy". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
5. 1968 Mexico Olympics Field hockey Results
6. "Men Field Hockey Asia Games 1962 Jacarta (INA) 26.08-03.09 - Winner Pakistan".
7. Philar, Anand (24 December 1992). "Christy, a goalie par excellence". The Indian Express. p. 20.

External links

• Rajendran Christie at Olympedia

v t e India squad – 1962 Asian Games – Silver medal
1 Joseph Antic 2 Erman Bastian 3 Rajendran Christie 4 V. Deshmukh 5 Abdul Hamid 6 Shankar Lakshman 7 Hiranna M. Nimal 8 Bandu Patil 9 Jaman Lal Sharma 10 Charanjit Singh 11 Darshan Singh 12 Gurdev Singh 13 Gurmit Singh 14 Joginder Singh 15 Madan Mohan Singh 16 Piara Singh 17 Prithipal Singh

v t e India squad – 1964 Summer Olympics – Gold medal (7th Title)
1 Haripal Kaushik 2 Mohinder Lal 3 Shankar Lakshman 4 Bandu Patil 5 John Peter 6 Syed Ali 7 Udham Singh 8 Charanjit Singh (c) 9 Darshan Singh 10 Dharam Singh 11 Gurbux Singh 12 Harbinder Singh 13 Jagjit Singh 14 Joginder Singh 15 Prithipal Singh 16 Balbir Singh Kullar 17 Rajendran Christie Coach: Dharam Singh

v t e India squad – 1968 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal
1 Rajendran Christie 2 Krishnamurthy Perumal 3 John Peter 4 Muneer Sait 5 Inam-ur Rahman 6 Ajit Pal Singh 7 Balbir Singh Kullar 8 Balbir Singh Kular 9 Balbir Singh 10 Gurbux Singh (c) 11 Harbinder Singh 12 Harmik Singh 13 Inder Singh 14 Prithipal Singh (c) 15 Tarsem Singh 16 Jagjit Singh Coach: Balkrishan Singh

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