Akhtar Hussain (field hockey)
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Born | 23 August 1926 | ||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 November 1987 | ||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University | ||||||||||||||||
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Akhtar Hussain (Urdu: اختر حسین) (23 August 1926 – 9 November 1987) was a field hockey player, who won the gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics for India and the silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics for Pakistan. He is one of the first people in history to win Olympic medals for two distinct countries.
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- 1926 births
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- Field hockey players from Bhopal
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- Field hockey players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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- Olympic gold medalists for India
- Olympic silver medalists for Pakistan
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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