Ramesh Patel
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Ramesh Unka Patel is a former field hockey
player from New Zealand
, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics
in Montreal
.
He represented The Kiwis for fifteen years, from 1972-1986. Patel arrived just in time to earn selection on the left wing for the 1972 Summer Olympics
and after that was an automatic selection. He played a variety of positions, but was inside left in the 1976 team.
At the 1976 Summer Olympics
in Montreal
, it was Patel who scored the vital goal in the third period of extra time in the play-off match against Spain
to enable New Zealand to reach the semi-finals. Patel played for Auckland from 1971-1986 and these days restricts himself to playing hockey at masters level.
Since 1989 he has been the Chief Executive of New Zealand Hockey and has overseen huge changes in the structure of the game in this country.
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player from New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
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He represented The Kiwis for fifteen years, from 1972-1986. Patel arrived just in time to earn selection on the left wing for the 1972 Summer Olympics
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....
and after that was an automatic selection. He played a variety of positions, but was inside left in the 1976 team.
At the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, it was Patel who scored the vital goal in the third period of extra time in the play-off match against Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
to enable New Zealand to reach the semi-finals. Patel played for Auckland from 1971-1986 and these days restricts himself to playing hockey at masters level.
Since 1989 he has been the Chief Executive of New Zealand Hockey and has overseen huge changes in the structure of the game in this country.