Kalbir Takher

Kalbir Singh Takher is a former field hockey player, who participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Great Britain.

Biography

Kalbir, nicknamed Kali was educated at Highfields School in Wolverhampton and studied at the University of Wolverhampton.
Playing for Wombourne Hockey Club he was called up for England U18 duty in 1986. 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.
Still at Cannock, he participated in the 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup and represented Great Britain at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. He would later become the captain of Cannock.
After retiring from playing he coached hockey for a number of clubs and ages.