| Gagan Ajit Singh | |
| Birth Date: | 9 December 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Firozpur, Punjab, India |
| Position: | Forward |
| Clubs1: | Punjab Police |
| Clubs2: | HC Klein Zwitserland |
| Years2: | 2005–2007 |
| Clubs3: | Hoofdklasse |
| Clubs4: | Sher-e-Punjab[1] |
| Years4: | 2012 |
| Caps4: | 16 |
| Goals4: | 5 |
| Nationalteam1: | India U21 |
| Nationalyears1: | –2001 |
| Nationalteam2: | India |
| Nationalyears2: | 1997–2007 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 200+ |
| Nationalgoals2: | 100+ |
Gagan Ajit Singh (born 9 December 1980) is an Indian former field hockey player who played as a forward.[2] [3] He was the captain of the India national under-21 team that won the 2001 Junior World Cup. He was a member of the Indian senior national team that played at two Olympic Games — 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens.
Gagan Ajit Singh was born on 9 December 1980 in Firozpur, a city in the Indian State of Punjab. His father Ajit Singh was also an Olympian and played for India at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. His uncle is another Olympian Harmik Singh. Gagan Ajit was educated at the Union Academy Senior Secondary School and Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi.[4]
Singh trained in hockey at the Government Arts and Sports College in Jalandhar in 1995. In 1997, he was selected by New Delhi's Air India Hockey Academy to compete in the junior national tournament. Singh scored 26 goals and emerged as the tournament's top-scorer. He captained the side in 1999.[4]
Singh made his senior national debut in 1997 during a test series against Russia. Singh played at the 2000 and the 2004 Summer Olympics, where India finished in seventh place on both occasions. Singh was the top-scorer for India with seven goals in the latter competition.[5]