Deepika Thakur Explained

Deepika Thakur
Birth Date:7 February 1987
Birth Place:Yamunanagar, Haryana, India
Height:1.66 m
Weight:56 kg
Position:Defender
Nationalteam1:India
Nationalcaps1:226

Deepika Thakur (born 7 February 1987) is an Indian field hockey player and is currently the most senior and highest capped player of Indian women's Team. She plays as a Defender in the senior team and has represented India over 200 outings and has scored 24 goals.[1]

Career

She hails from Haryana and is a product of Sports Hostel, Chandigarh. She works for Indian Railways.[2] She has represented India in World Cup 2006 and 2010, Asian Games in 2010, 2014 and 2018 and Commonwealth Games in 2010 and 2014.

Deepika joined the Indian National Women's hockey team much against the wishes of her parents who wanted her to marry early. She postponed her marriage that was scheduled to happen in October 2016 in order to play for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Indian women's team qualified for the Rio Olympics 2016 after the gap of 36 years.[3] Deepika was the vice-captain of that squad. Though India finished bottom of the group.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

In the Asian Champions Trophy (2016) held in Malaysia, Indian women's won their maiden title in which Deepika played an important role. She also got the ‘highest scorer of the tournament’ award.[10] [11]

India won gold medal at the South Asian Games, 2016. Deepika was part of the squad and scored one of the goals in the final match against Sri Lanka.[12] [13]

Achievements

Awards and honours

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deepika Thakur: 10 things to know about India's talented hockey defender . Sportskeeda.com . 18 August 2016.
  2. Web site: Deepika Thakur Profile . Hockey India . 28 July 2018 . 6 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181106180055/http://hockeyindia.org/team/deepika-2.html . dead .
  3. Web site: Indian women hockey team qualifies for Olympics after 36 years . . 28 July 2018.
  4. http://hockeypassion.in/hope-to-finish-in-top-3-deepika/http://indianexpress.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/great-britain-outclass-india-3-0-in-women
  5. Web site: DEEPIKA THAKUR (29) . Sportstarlive . 31 July 2016 . 18 August 2016.
  6. Web site: India's women's hockey team gears up for USA Tour before Rio Olympics . Espn.in . 16 July 2016 . 18 August 2016.
  7. News: Rio 2016 Olympics a chance at liberation for Indian women's hockey team . . 31 July 2016 . 18 August 2016.
  8. News: Rio 2016 Olympics: Great Britain outclass India 3–0 in women's hockey . . 9 August 2016 . 18 August 2016.
  9. News: Haryana sportswomen shelve marriage plans for Rio Olympics | othersports . . 18 August 2016.
  10. Web site: Whenever I've felt low, something good has happened: Deepika Thakur .
  11. News: Kumar . Nandini . Woman On! Outback to Olympics . https://web.archive.org/web/20160408012149/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/Woman-On-Outback-to-Olympics/2016/03/30/article3352768.ece . dead . 8 April 2016 . . 30 March 2016 . 18 August 2016.
  12. Web site: Indian women's Hockey team clinches gold .
  13. Web site: Suhrid Barua . Interview with Deepika Thakur: "Want to finish in top-3 in Hockey World League" . In.news.yahoo.com . 9 June 2015 . 18 August 2016.
  14. Web site: Hockey India P.R Sreejesh and Deepika win the Hockey India Player of the Year. 28 July 2018.

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