Rajani Etimarpu (born 9 June 1990) is an Indian

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 shooting ci ...

and member of 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 b ...

. She hails from

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

and plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

. She was India's goalkeeper at the

2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League The 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League was the second edition of women's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in June 2014 in Singapore and finished in December 2015 in Rosario, Argentina. The Semifinals of this ...

. The player has successfully 110 international caps to her credit. She also served as the goalkeeper at Hawke's Bay Cup 2015 held in

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

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Rajani Etimarpu
at Hockey India Living people Indian female field hockey players Field hockey players from Andhra Pradesh Female field hockey goalkeepers 1990 births Sportswomen from Andhra Pradesh 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Field hockey players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for India Asian Games medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub