Rui Saldanha

Rui Ninnian Saldanha is an Indian-born British field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Saldanha, originally from Saligao, India and of Goan ancestry, was educated at St Joseph's [Boys' High School, Bengaluru] and spent time in Kenya, where he was selected for the Kenyan national hockey team. He represented Kenya in the Hamburg Festival at Germany in 1966.
When he came to England he joined Blackheath Hockey Club and studied medicine as a student at London Hospital Medical College. He graduated from Durham University with a degree in Economics and Psychology in 1971 – his academic finals having been delayed for one year because of his commitments with the England men's national [field hockey team|England hockey team] and his election as President of the Durham University Athletic Union.
Saldanha then attended the University of Oxford and while there represented Great Britain at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Saldanha later competed for England at the 1978 Men's Hockey World Cup.
In May 1989, Saldanha, now working for the New York [Life Insurance Company] at their office in Des Moines, Iowa, married Indian actress and former Miss India Persis Khambatta at the Polk [County Courthouse (Iowa)|Polk County Courthouse].