Rui Saldanha Explained

Rui Saldanha
Nationality:	British
Sport:	Field hockey
Birth Date:	21 October 1947

Rui Ninnian Saldanha (born 21 October 1947) is a British Indian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Saldanha, originally from Nairobi, Kenya and of Goan ancestry, graduated from Durham University (Hatfield College) 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 hockey team and his election as President of the Durham University Athletic Union (DUAU).^{[2] [3]}

Before applying to Durham, Saldanha spent one year as a student at London Hospital Medical College.

Personal

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.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Rui Saldanha Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041706/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/rui-saldanha-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 7 October 2019.
2. Results of Final Examinations held in June 1971 . Durham University Gazette . 1971 . 18 . 13 . 9 November 2019.
3. Book: Moyes . Arthur . Be The Best You Can Be: A History of Sport in Hatfield College, Durham University . 2007 . Hatfield College Trust . Durham . 224.
4. Book: Connelly . Sherilyn . Presenting Persis Khambatta: From Miss India to Star Trek--The Motion Picture and Beyond . 2021 . McFarland . 155.