Amit Rohidas (born 10 May 1993) is an Indian

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player who plays as a defender. He also served as the vice-captain of the Indian national team. He was a part of the Indian squad that won the bronze medal at the

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, gold medal at the

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in Hangzhou, and bronze at the

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Early life

Rohidas was born on 10 May 1993 in Saunamara village of

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. He started playing hockey in his village and joined the Panposh Sports Hostel in

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in 2004.

Career

He was selected in the national junior team in 2009. Rohidas was selected in the senior squad for the 2013 Asia Cup in

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where the Indian team won the silver medal. He made a comeback to the Indian side in 2017. Rohidas is the tenth international and sixth men's hockey player to play in the Olympics from Odisha and also the first non-tribal hockey Olympian from Odisha. Rohidas is on the men's hockey team for India for the

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. During the quarter-finals match against

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, he received a

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for swinging his hockey stick into Will Calnan's face.

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lodged an appeal on the grounds that Rohidas did not intend to hit Calnan with his stick.

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Amit Rohidas
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Amit Rohidas
at HockeyIndia.org * * 1993 births Living people People from Sundergarh district Indian male field hockey players Field hockey players from Odisha Male field hockey defenders Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for India Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2018 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games bronze medalists for India Asian Games medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Olympic bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Commonwealth Games silver medallists in field hockey Recipients of the Arjuna Award 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub