Udita Duhan | |
Birth Date: | 14 January 1998 |
Birth Place: | Hisar, Haryana, India |
Height: | 1.58 m |
Weight: | 54 kg |
Position: | Midfielder |
Currentclub: | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. |
Clubs1: | Hockey Haryana |
Clubs2: | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. |
Nationalyears1: | 2016 |
Nationalteam1: | India U-21 |
Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2017– |
Nationalteam2: | India |
Nationalcaps2: | 116 |
Nationalgoals2: | 11 |
Udita Duhan (born 14 January 1998), known mononymously as Udita, is an Indian field hockey player and member of Indian women's hockey team. She hails from Haryana. She plays as a defender.[1] [2]
Udita was born in Bhiwani’s Nangal village, Hisar district, Haryana. Her father, Jasbir Singh, was a police officer and also a handball player. She started playing handball but later shifted to hockey. After her father passed away in 2015, her mother Geetha Devi encouraged her to continue hockey and soon she joined SAI hostel.[3] [4]
2018: Silver at Asian Games, Jakarta.
2018: Silver at Asian Champions Trophy in Donghae.
2018: She participated at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup.[5]
2021: She took part in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 played from 23 July to 8 August, 2021.
2022: Bronze at Asia Cup, Muscat.
2022: She was part of the team that won bronze at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[6]