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Akhtar Hussain

Field hockey player (1926-1987) · India · On the map · Athletes · Died at 61

Akhtar Hussain was an Indian and Pakistani 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 was one of the first people in history to win Olympic medals for two different countries.

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