Manzoor Hussain Atif

Manzoor Hussain Atif (born 4 November 1928 Gujrat, † December 8, 2008 in Islamabad ) was a Pakistani hockey player and sports official. He was involved in winning all three Olympic Hockey Gold Medals of Pakistan.

Life

Atif took in 1952 in Helsinki for the first time in the Olympic Games and part occupied with the Pakistani national team to fourth place. 1956 in Melbourne reached the center-back with his team for the first time an Olympic final, but where the team lost 0-1 against the team of the series winner India; the silver medal in 1956 was the first Olympic medal ever for Pakistan. Four years later came Pakistan in 1960 in Rome again in the final, in which India was defeated 1-0; this was the first defeat of the Indians at the Olympic Games after six Olympic victories, and it was also the first gold medal for Pakistan. In his fourth at the Olympics in Tokyo in 1964 Atif again reached the final, Pakistan defeated the Indians 0-1.

Even after the end of his active playing career was Atif Pakistani hockey connected. As a manager and a coach, he was also involved in the other two Olympic victories of the Pakistani selection in 1968 in Mexico City and Los Angeles in 1984.

Atif was for many years Secretary of Pakistan Hockey Federation ( PHF) and the Asian Hockey Federation ( AHF), from 1982 to 2001 he was Vice President of the AHF. Since 1994, he stood before the first non - Europeans generally Commission of the World Hockey Association (FIH ).

His main job Atif was a member of the Pakistani army, in which he rose to the rank of brigadier. He was married and had four children.