Kalbir Takher

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Kalbir Takher
Personal information
Born 3 August 1968
Wolverhampton, England
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Playing position midfielder
Senior career
Years Team
1985–1988 Wombourne
1988–2001 Cannock
National team
Years Team Caps
1995–1996 Great Britain 44
1993–1998 England 52
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  England
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Dublin Team

Kalbir Singh Takher (born 3 August 1968) is a former field hockey player, who participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Great Britain.[1][2]

Biography

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Kalbir, nicknamed Kali was educated at Highfields School in Wolverhampton and studied at the University of Wolverhampton.[3]

Playing for Wombourne Hockey Club he was called up for England U18 duty in 1986.[4] For the 1988/89 season he left Wombourne to play club hockey for Cannock in the Men's England Hockey League. Taker made his England debut on 3 April 1993 against Germany and made his Great Britain debut on 9 December 1995 against Belgium.[3]

Still at Cannock, he participated in the 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup[5] and represented Great Britain at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.[6] He would later become the captain of Cannock.[7]

After retiring from playing he coached hockey for a number of clubs and ages.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Kalbir Singh Takher". Team GB.
  2. ^ "Kalbir Singh Takher". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Kalbir Singh Takher". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Staffs trio in England hockey call". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 18 March 1986. Retrieved 13 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Bobby's call Down Under". Hoylake & West Kirby News. 3 August 1994. Retrieved 13 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Takher:You ain't seen nothing yet". Cannock Chase Post. 14 January 1999. Retrieved 13 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Training Schedule 2022 – 2023 – Wycombe Hockey Club3".
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