National level umpire Nepoleon Singh has been promoted to an international outdoor umpire by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The FIH took the decision after seeing his performance in the recently-concluded 12th South Asian Games 2016, held at Guwahati from February 5 to 16.

Napoleon Singh Chanamthabam born on Jun 1, 1982 (Age 36). He started his career as an umpire from Manipur in the third Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2013 held at Ranchi, Jharkhand. From there on he never stepped back and was a regular umpire to officiate in all the major tournaments conducted under the aegis of Hockey India.

Napoleon was a national level hockey player and completed a diploma in Sports Coaching from the National Institute of Sports, Patiala in 2011. Napoleon is among those young umpires from India who have recently been upgraded to international-level outdoor umpire. With Napoleon added to the elite league of international umpires from India, a total of 14 Indian umpires (10 men, 4 women) are now in the category of international-level umpires and would be appointed to officiate in FIH tournaments around the world.