Tingongleima Chanu Kshetrimayum (born 1 April 1976), shortly known as Tingu, and also by a

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Tingonleima Chanu, is an Indian former

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player. She was a member of the

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. She hails from

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Early life

Tingu was born to Kshetrimayum Tomba and Mema Devi. They hail from Sagolband Moirang Hanuba Leirak. She studied at Modern Higher Secondary School, Sagolband. She married Brajamani Singh of Sagolband Khamnam Leirak. Her first coach in the Manipur SAI Sports Hostel was Yaima.

Hockey career

She played for India 1994 to 2002. She was part of the team that won the Gold at the

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and the silver medal winning Asian Games team in 1998. She earned the

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in 2000. She also played the FIH Women's World Cup at Utrecht in the Netherlands in 1998. She was the captain of the Indian team that played the Olympic qualifiers at Milton Keynes in March 2000.

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