Manpreet Singh Pawar (born 26 June 1992) is an Indian field hockey player and a four time Olympian from Punjab.

[1] He led the Indian field hockey team to the bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Manpreet Singh was born in a farming Sikh family in Mithapur village on outskirts of Jalandhar in Punjab, India.

[6] Illi previously worked in Johor at the University of Southampton Malaysia Campus, but subsequently moved to India after their marriage.

[citation needed] Before the game he focuses and relaxes by meditating with yoga, playing PlayStation and by listening to the Punjabi Bhangra music specially by Diljit Dosanjh and Honey Singh.

[6] He was inspired by the former Indian hockey captain Padma Shri Pargat Singh, who also hails from Manpreet's Mithapur village.

Manpreet's family started to support him completely after he won his first prize of 2013 Sultan of Johor Cup ₹500 cash (US$12 per 2002 conversion rate) in a tournament.

He idolises former German captain Moritz Fürste and is inspired by Sardar Singh's style of play.

[5] In 2014 Asian Games at Incheon in South Korea, he was part of India's men's hockey team that won Gold medal after defeating arch rival Pakistan in final by 4–2.

[12] In 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow in Scotland, India won silver medal after losing to Australia in final by 4–0.

[20] In the Tokyo Olympics held in 2021, Manpreet Singh led the Indian men's team to a bronze medal.