Salima Tete Explained

Player Name:Salima Tete
Birth Date:2001 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Simdega, Jharkhand, India
Position:Midfielder
Currentclub:Railways
Clubs1:Hockey Jharkhand
Clubs2:Railways
Nationalteam1:India U21
Nationalteam2:India
Nationalyears2:2016–
Nationalcaps2:115
Nationalgoals2:15

Salima Tete (born 26 December 2001) is an Indian field hockey player from Jharkhand.[1] [2] On 2 May 2023, she was named as the captain of the India women's national field hockey team.[3]

Early life and background

Tete is from a village in the Simdega district of Jharkhand. Both her parents work as farmers. Her father also played hockey.[4] [5]

Career

She made her debut for the national side in 2017 against Belarus.[6]

At the 2018 Youth Olympic games, she was the captain of the Indian side, which went on to win a silver medal.[7]

In 2021, she was selected in the Indian squad for the Tokyo Olympics.[8]

She is the current captain of Nabhvarna's.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-11-12. Determined to Perform Consistently for Indian Women's Hockey Team: Salima Tete. 2021-07-05. News18. en.
  2. Web site: Patwardhan. Deepti. 2021-05-04. The Olympics dreams of Jharkhand's hockey queens. 2021-07-05. Mintlounge. en.
  3. News: 2024-05-03 . Salima takes baton from Savita as India captain . 2024-05-03 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
  4. Web site: Kumar. Mrituanjay. Hockey players Nikki Pradhan, Salima Tete selected for Olympics. 2021-07-05. The Pioneer. en.
  5. Web site: 2023-12-03 . From back of beyond to front and centre: How progressive thinking turned rural Jharkhand into India’s women’s hockey hotspot . 2024-05-03 . The Indian Express . en.
  6. Web site: 2020-04-29. Tokyo Olympics 2020: Postponement gives Indian women's hockey team scope to improve, says midfielder Salima Tete. 2021-07-05. Firstpost.
  7. Web site: Gupta. K. A.. 2021-06-18. Two girls from Jharkhand in Tokyo Olympics hockey team Ranchi News - Times of India. 2021-07-05. The Times of India. en.
  8. Web site: Sadanandam. Abishek. 2021-06-24. A look at the Indian women's hockey team going to the Tokyo Olympics. 2021-07-05. thebridge.in. en.

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