NEW DELHI:
Hockey India
national-level umpire
Napoleon Singh
has been promoted to the
International Outdoor Umpire
by the
International Hockey Federation
(
FIH
).
The FIH took the decision yesterday after seeing his performance in the recently-concluded 12th South Asian Games 2016, held at Guwahati from February 5 to 16.
Napoleon started his career as an umpire from Manipur in the third Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2013 held at Ranchi, Jharkhand.
From there on he never stepped back and was a regular umpire to officiate in all the major tournaments conducted under the aegis of Hockey India.
His first major breakthrough was his appointment as umpire in the eighth Junior Men Asia Cup, held at Kuantan, Malaysia in 2015. Based on this performance he was appointed to 12th South Asian Games in 2016.
The 30 year-old Napoleon was a national level hockey player and completed a diploma in Sports Coaching from the National Institute of Sports, Patiala in 2011. He is presently working as a coach at Kokrajhar, Assam.
Speaking on the occasion, Napoleon stated, "It is a proud moment for me to achieve the landmark of international umpire and I am thankful to FIH and Hockey India for the recognition."
Napoleon is among those young umpires from India who have recently been upgraded to international-level outdoor umpire. With Napoleon added to the elite league of international umpires from India, a total of 14 Indian umpires (10 men, 4 women) are now in the category of international-level umpires and would be appointed to officiate in FIH tournaments around the world.
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