Pushpa Pradhan (born 25 November 1981) is an Indian former
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shootin ...
player, who represented the
India women's national field hockey team
The Indian women's national field hockey team (nicknamed the ''Nabhvarna'') represents India in international field hockey, and is governed by Hockey India. Nabhvarna are currently ranked 6th in the FIH World Rankings, and are ranked as the ...
.
She played with the team when it won the Gold at 2004
Women's Hockey Asia Cup
The Women's Hockey Asia Cup is a women's international field hockey tournament organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. The winning team becomes the champion of Asia and qualifies for the FIH Hockey World Cup.
Japan are the defending champions ...
.
Early life
Pradhan was born in Hesel village in tribal heartland
Khunti
Khunti is the headquarter of Khunti district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
It is in South Chotanagpur division and one of the 24 districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The district of Khunti was carved out of Ranchi district on 12 Sept ...
, roughly 60 kilometres from
Ranchi
Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area ...
,
Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . ...
, on 25 November 1981.
References
External links
Biography at bharatiyahockey.org
1981 births
Living people
Indian female field hockey players
People from Khunti district
Sportswomen from Jharkhand
Field hockey players from Jharkhand
Asian Games medalists in field hockey
Field hockey players at the 2006 Asian Games
21st-century Indian women
21st-century Indian people
Asian Games bronze medalists for India
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Nagpuria people
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