Tanvir Dar

Personal information
Full name Tanvir Ahmed Dar
Born 4 June 1947
Amritsar, British India
Died 11 February 1998(1998-02-11) (aged 50)
Karachi, Pakistan
Playing position Fullback
National team
Years Team Caps
1965–1974 Pakistan 80 (43)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Pakistan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Team competition
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1970 Bangkok Team competition
Hockey World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1971 Barcelona Team competition

Tanvir Ahmed Dar (4 June 1937 – 11 February 1998)[1] was a Pakistani field hockey player who played as a fullback. He was born in Amritsar, Punjab, British India. He won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[2][3] He played for Pakistan between 1965 and 1974.[4]

Dar was an established penalty-corner-shooter from the 1960s.[5] He helped Pakistan win the Asian Games title in 1970 and the inaugural World Hockey Cup in 1971 in Barcelona, Spain.[2]

After his elder brother Munir had retired from hockey, the brothers established a hockey academy in Lahore, which was later named after Tanvir Dar — Tanvir Dar Hockey Academy.[2][6]

  1. ^ Biography of Tanvi Dar (in Urdu)
  2. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tanvir Dar profile". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  3. ^ "1968 Olympic Gold Medal for Tanvir Dar". databaseOlympics.com website. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  4. ^ Robert, Godfrey (17 May 1977). "Dar's 19-year world mark still stands". The Straits Times. p. 23. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  5. ^ Tanvir Dar - Biographical information on Olympedia.org website Retrieved 27 June 2021
  6. ^ European Tour Hockey Tanvir Dar Academy off to flying start The Nation (newspaper), Published 3 June 2011, Retrieved 27 June 2021