Amit Rohidas

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Amit Rohidas
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Personal information
Born (1993-05-10) 10 May 1993 (age 31)
Saunamara, Sundergarh, Odisha, India
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Railway Sports Promotion Board
Senior career
YearsTeam
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
Railway Sports Promotion Board
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013 India U21 22 (4)
2013– India 200 (28)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris Team
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Jakarta Team
Asia Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Dhaka
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Ipoh
Asian Champions Trophy
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Chennai
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Hulunbuir Team
Champions Trophy
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Breda
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team
Hockey World League
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016–17 Bhubaneswar Team
Junior Asia Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Malacca

Amit Rohidas (born 10 May 1993) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a defender. [2] He also served as the vice-captain of the Indian national team. He was a part of the Indian squad that won the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou and the 2024 Summer Olympics. [3]

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Early life

Rohidas was born on 10 May 1993 in Saunamara village of Sundergarh district. He started playing hockey in his village and joined the Panposh Sports Hostel in Rourkela in 2004.

Career

He was selected in the national junior team in 2009. [4] Rohidas was selected in the senior squad for the 2013 Asia Cup in Ipoh where the Indian team won the silver medal. He made a comeback to the Indian side in 2017. Rohidas is the tenth international and sixth men's hockey player to play in the Olympics from Odisha and also the first non-tribal hockey Olympian from Odisha. [5] [6]

Rohidas is on the men's hockey team for India for the Paris 2024 Olympics. During the quarter-finals match against Great Britain, he received a red card for swinging his hockey stick into Will Calnan's face. [7] Hockey India lodged an appeal on the grounds that Rohidas did not intend to hit Calnan with his stick. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "ROHIDAS Amit". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Amit Rohidas". Orisports. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Asian Games Results". 2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou. Archived from the original on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "HIL is the best thing to happen in my life: Amit Rohidas". The Times of India. 5 January 2013. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "It has taken me 12 years to be part of Olympic squad, says hockey player Amit Rohidas". The New Indian Express. 13 July 2021. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  6. ↑ Sharma, Satish. "The Long Journey of Amit Rohidas, from Sidelines to Stardom". stick2hockey.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  7. ↑ Anand, Anish (4 August 2024). "10 men, 10 heroes: India enter Paris Olympic semis after improbable shootout win". Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Hockey Red Card Controversy: What Rulebook Says On Amit Rohidas' Foul Against Great Britain". 5 August 2024. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.


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