medaltemplates article_title birth_date
men 's field hockey umesh parag
 15 august 1971
umesh parag

umesh vasan parag -lrb- born 15 august 1971 -rrb- is a former field hockey player from new zealand , who finished in eighth position with the men 's national team , nicknamed `` black sticks '' , at the 1992 summer olympics in barcelona , spain .
he won a silver medal with the team at 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 in wellington .
