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{{short description|New Zealand field hockey player}}
{{blp no footnotes|date=August 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| fullname         = Umesh Vasan Parag
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1971|8|15|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Wellington]], New Zealand
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[field hockey]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Commonwealth Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | [[Hockey at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|Team competition]] }}
}}
'''Umesh Vasan Parag''' (born 15 August 1971) is a former [[field hockey]] player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, [[nickname]]d ''Black Sticks'', at the [[Field hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]], Spain. He won a silver medal with the team at the hockey tournament of the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Manchester]]. Parag plays locally for Wellington, and was also a member of the national squad competing at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]. He was born and raised in Wellington.

==External links==
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* [https://olympic.org.nz New Zealand Olympic Committee]
* {{SR/Olympics|pa/umesh-parag-1}}

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{{New Zealand FH Squad 1992 Summer Olympics}}
{{1992 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{New Zealand FH Squad 1997 WC Qualifier}}
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{{New Zealand FH Squad 1998 Commonwealth Games}}
{{1998 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{New Zealand FH Squad 2000 Olympic Qualifier}}
{{New Zealand FH Squad 2002 World Cup}}
{{New Zealand FH Squad 2002 Commonwealth Games}}
{{2002 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{New Zealand FH Squad 2003 Champions Challenge}}
{{New Zealand FH Squad 2004 Summer Olympics}}
{{2004 New Zealand Olympic team}}
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[[Category:New Zealand male field hockey players]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games field hockey players for New Zealand]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in field hockey]]
[[Category:Field hockey players from Wellington City]]
[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:New Zealand sportspeople of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]]


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