Kulbir Bhaura
field hockey player
Kulbir Singh Bhaura (born 15 October 1955) is an Indian-born British former field hockey player. He was a member of the gold winning Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Biography
Bhaura was born in Jullundur, East Punjab, India, into a Sikh family and came to England in 1968. He was educated at the Khalsa School Jalandhar in India and then Featherstone School in Southall. Bhaura played club hockey for Hounslow Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League and made his England debut on 25 March 1979 against Belgium and his Great Britain debut on 11 December 1983 against Pakistan.
He played at the 1982 Men's Hockey World Cup and at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, he represented Great Britain in the hockey tournament and secured the bronze medal with his team.
Bhaura was also a member of the silver medal-winning team in 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup in London. and 1987 European Cup in Moscow. He played at international level for nine years for England and Great Britain.
A proud moment was when he was selected to represent World XI to play against Australia in 1987.
The public source identifies “Kulbir Bhaura” as field hockey player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Kulbir, Bhaura and field.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Kulbir Bhaura”, the useful work is to connect “field hockey player” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6442856. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1955, 1988, 1968 and 1979.
A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Read biographical claims against dates, named institutions and the cited references. Distinguish a subject’s later reputation from evidence produced during their lifetime.
- Establishing names and roles
- Building a first chronology
- Locating cited institutions
Personal papers, civil or court records, institutional files and the scholarship cited by the source.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Kulbir Bhaura”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Kulbir Bhaura primary sources, Kulbir Bhaura archive and Kulbir research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Kulbir Bhaura”?
- Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
- Which claims depend on a single source or contested interpretation?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Kulbir Bhaura” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.