Indian Female Hockey Players

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Vandana Katariya
(Indian Field Hockey Player)
Vandana Katariya
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Birthdate: April 15, 1992
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Roshnabad, Uttarakhand, India

Vandana Katariya is an Indian hockey player who achieved national recognition in 2013 when she became India's top goal-scorer in the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, helping her team win a bronze medal. As a member of the senior team, Vandana Katariya helped the team win the bronze and silver medals at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games respectively.

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Chitrashi Rawat
(Indian Actress and Hockey Player Who Played as a Left Striker)
Chitrashi Rawat
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Birthdate: November 29, 1989
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Raipur, Uttarakhand, India

Chitrashi Rawat is an Indian model, actress, and field hockey player. She is best known for her portrayal of Komal Chautala in the 2007 sports film Chak De! India. In 2008, she received the Star Screen Award for Best Actress In A Supporting Role. She then went on to play important roles in popular films like Fashion and Luck.

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Rani Rampal
(Indian Field Hockey Player)
Rani Rampal
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Birthdate: December 4, 1994
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Shahabad Markanda, Haryana, India

Born to a cart-puller in Haryana, Rani Rampal became the youngest player of the Indian squad to have ever participated in the Hockey World Cup. Later, she led the team as its captain and scored an Asia Cup victory after 13 years. The Padma Shri awardee has also coached for SAI.

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Ritu Rani
(Indian Field Hockey Player Who Plays as a Halfback)
Ritu Rani
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Birthdate: December 29, 1991
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Haryana, India

Ritu Rani is an Indian hockey player who served as the captain of the women's national team from 2011 to 2017. Rani led the team to the 2016 Summer Olympics, becoming the first player to lead the Indian team in the Olympics after 36 years. In 2016, Ritu Rani was honored with the prestigious Arjuna Award.

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Gurjit Kaur
(Indian Field Hockey Player)
Gurjit Kaur
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Birthdate: October 25, 1995
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Punjab, India

Gurjit Kaur is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a defender in the women's national team. At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Kaur helped the team win the silver medal. At the 2020-21 FIH Player of the Year Awards, Gurjit Kaur was named Player of the Year.

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Savita Punia
(Indian Field Hockey Player)
Savita Punia
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Birthdate: July 11, 1990
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Jodhkan, Sirsa district, Haryana, India

Savita Punia is an Indian hockey player who represents the national team as a goalkeeper. Punia helped her team win the bronze and the silver medals at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games in Incheon and Jakarta respectively. Her stellar performance in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo earned her the nickname Great Wall of India.  

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Lalremsiami
(Indian Professional Field Hockey Player Who Plays as a Forward)
Lalremsiami
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Birthdate: April 30, 2000
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Mizoram, India

Lalremsiami is an Indian hockey player who represents the national team where she plays as a forward. Lalremsiami helped the team win the gold medal at the 2017 Asia Cup. In 2018, she helped the team win the silver medal at the Asian Games in Jakarta, becoming the first sportsperson from the state of Mizoram to receive an Asian medal. 

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Sushila Chanu
(Indian Field Hockey Player)
Sushila Chanu
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Birthdate: February 25, 1992
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Manipur, India

Sushila Chanu is an Indian hockey player who helped the national team win the bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon. In 2018, Sushila Chanu became one of the few female Indian hockey players to have played 150 or more international games when she played her 150th international game in Madrid during the team's 2018 tour of Spain. 

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Saba Anjum Karim
(Indian Female Field Hockey Player)
Saba Anjum Karim
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Birthdate: June 12, 1985
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Durg, Chhattisgarh, India

Saba Anjum Karim is an Indian former hockey player who represented the national team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games where the team won the gold medal. She also helped the team win the gold medal at the 2004 Asia Cup in New Delhi. In 2013, Karim was honored with the Arjuna Award. In 2015, she was awarded the Padma Shri.

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Vidya Stokes
(Indian Female Field Hockey Player and Former Irrigation and Public Health Minister of Himachal Pradesh)
Vidya Stokes
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Birthdate: December 8, 1927
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kotgarh, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Vidya Stokes is an Indian politician who served as the Irrigation & Public Health Minister of Himachal Pradesh from 2012 to 2017. In 2010, she was elected as the president of Hockey India at the age of 83. She has also served as the president of the Women’s Hockey Association on several occasions.

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Deep Grace Ekka
(Indian Field Hockey Player)
Deep Grace Ekka
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Birthdate: June 3, 1994
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Odisha, India

Deep Grace Ekka is an Indian hockey player who plays as a defender in the women's national team. At the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games, Ekka helped her team win the bronze and silver medals respectively. At the 2017 Asian Cup in Gifu, she played an important role in the team's gold medal-winning performance.

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Mamta Kharab
(Indian Field hockey player)
Mamta Kharab
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Birthdate: January 26, 1982
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Haryana, India

Mamta Kharab is an Indian former field hockey player and former captain of the women's national team. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Kharab helped the Indian team win the gold medal by scoring the winning goal in the finals against England. Mamta Kharab served as the model for Komal Chautala's character in the 2007 film Chak De India.

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Sunita Lakra
(Indian Field Hockey Player)
Sunita Lakra
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Birthdate: June 11, 1991
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rajgangpur, Odisha, India

Sunita Lakra is an Indian retired hockey player who represented the women's national team. She helped the team win the bronze and the silver medals at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games respectively. 

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Nikki Pradhan
(Indian Professional Field Hockey Player)
Nikki Pradhan
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Birthdate: December 8, 1993
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hesal, Khunti, Jharkhand, India

Nikki Pradhan is an Indian field hockey player who represents the women's national team. In 2016, Pradhan became the first female field hockey player from Jharkhand to represent India at the Olympics. In 2017, she helped the team win the gold medal at the Asia Cup. In 2018, she helped the team win the silver medal at the Asian Games.  

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Suraj Lata Devi
(Indian Former Field Hockey Player)
Suraj Lata Devi
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Birthdate: January 3, 1981
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Manipur, India

Suraj Lata Devi is an Indian former field hockey player who captained the women's national team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester where the team won the gold medal. The team's performance in the event inspired the 2007 film Chak De India. Devi also helped the team win the gold medal at the 2004 Asia Cup in New Delhi.

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Navjot Kaur
(Indian Field Hockey Player)
Navjot Kaur
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Birthdate: March 7, 1995
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kurukshetra, Haryana, India

The daughter of a mechanic from Haryana, Navjot Kaur was encouraged to take up hockey by her father and started training in sixth grade. She is best known for being part of the 2017 Asian Cup gold-winning squad and has two Asian Games medals in her kitty, too.

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Lilima Minz
(Indian Field Hockey Player)
Lilima Minz
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Birthdate: April 10, 1994
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Odisha, India

Lilima Minz is an Indian field hockey player who represents the women's national team. At the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games, Minz helped her team win the bronze and silver medals respectively. At the 2017 Asian Cup in Gifu, she helped her team win the gold medal.

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Namita Toppo
(Indian Former Field Hockey Player)
Namita Toppo
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Birthdate: June 4, 1995
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Jaurumal, Sundergarh, Odisha, India

Eklavya Award-winning hockey player Namita Toppo is a talented midfielder from India. Apart from two Asian Games medals, she also has an Asia Cup gold medal in her kitty. In spite of being a railway employee, she was made to sit on the train floor while returning home after the Rio Olympics.

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Mary D'Souza Sequeira
(Indian Field Hockey Player and Athlete)
Mary D'Souza Sequeira
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Birthdate: July 18, 1931
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: India

Mary D'Souza Sequeira was one of the first female athletes to be part of the Olympics. The Asian Games relay bronze medalist was also part of the first women’s field hockey team in India. She later joined the Indian Railways and coached young players too.

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Pritam Rani Siwach
(Indian Former Field Hockey Player)
Pritam Rani Siwach
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Birthdate: October 2, 1974
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Jharsa, Gurugram, India

Arjuna Award-winning hockey player Pritam Rani Siwach has a Commonwealth gold and a Champions Challenge bronze in her kitty. She hails from a remote Haryana village and had begun training at age 9, after being bullied for her lean frame and denied a spot on her school’s kho-kho team.

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Deepika Thakur
(Indian Field Hockey Player Who Plays as a Defender)
Deepika Thakur
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Birthdate: February 7, 1987
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Yamunanagar, Haryana, India

Deepika Thakur is an Indian hockey player who plays as a defender in the national team. Deepika, who has represented India on over 200 occasions, is currently the highest capped player in the team. At the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games, Thakur helped her team win the bronze and silver medals respectively. In 2020, she was honored with Arjuna Award.

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Jasjeet Kaur Handa
(Indian Field Hockey Player)
Jasjeet Kaur Handa
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Birthdate: December 20, 1987
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sirsa, Haryana, India

Jasjeet Kaur Handa is the second player from her hometown, Shahabad, to win the prestigious Arjuna Award. Apart from an Asia Cup gold, she also has an Asian Games bronze to her credit. She is known to be an aggressive striker and is often considered a match winner.

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Amandeep Kaur
(Indian Field Hockey Player)
Amandeep Kaur
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Birthdate: January 1, 1976
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: India

Hailing from Punjab, Indian field hockey player Amandeep Kaur was part of the Indian squad that won the Manchester Commonwealth Games gold in 2002. She was also part of the bronze medal-winning women’s hockey team at the Johannesburg Champions Challenge the same year.

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Suman Bala
(Indian Field Hockey Player)
Suman Bala
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Birthdate: December 15, 1981
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Shahbad, Haryana, India

Hailing from the small town of Shahabad in Haryana, Suman Bala eventually went on to become the vice-captain of the Indian national women’s hockey team. Apart from a Junior Asia Cup hat-trick against Taiwan, she also boasts of a Commonwealth and an Asia Cup gold.

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Surinder Kaur
(Indian Field Hockey Player)
Surinder Kaur
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Birthdate: July 12, 1982
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Shahbad Markanda, Kurukshetra District, Haryana, India

Hailing from a poor family in Shahabad in Haryana, Indian hockey player Surinder Kaur was once rejected by the Indian selectors for her low haemoglobin levels. She made a comeback by working hard on her fitness and now has a hockey Asia Cup gold in her kitty.

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Jyoti Sunita Kullu
(Indian Field Hockey Player)
Jyoti Sunita Kullu
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Birthdate: September 9, 1978
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sundargarh, Odisha, India

Arjuna Award winner Jyoti Sunita Kullu soared to fame after leading the Indian hockey squad to a bronze win at the Doha Asian Games, as the team captain. She was also part of the gold-winning squad at the Manchester Commonwealth Games and the silver-winning team at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.