Beauty Dungdung

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Beauty Dungdung
Personal information
Born (2003-07-21) 21 July 2003 (age 21)
Karangaguri, Simdega, Jharkhand, India
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
Senior career
YearsTeam
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
India U21
2022– India 14 (2)
Medal record
Women's field hockey Field hockey pictogram.svg
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Nations Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Spain
Asian Champions Trophy
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Rajgir

Beauty Dungdung (born 21 July 2003) is a field hockey player and member of Indian women hockey team. [1] She plays for Indian Oil Corporation Limited in the domestic hockey tournaments. She plays in the forward line.

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Early life

Beauty Dungdung hails from Karangaguri village, in the tribal district of Simdega in Jharkhand. [2] She is born to Ambrose and Nilima. She has three brothers, Juwel, Shakti and Sachin, all were hockey players. [3] Her father and grandfather Gulm Dungdung were National level hockey players. She studied at the SS Balika High School at Simdega. [4]

Hockey career

Dungdung made her Senior India debut at the FIH Women's Nations Cup in Valencia, Spain in December 2022. [5] Earlier, she was part of the Indian team that took part in the FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup 2021, Potchefstroom, South Africa where India finished fourth. Dungdung first caught the eye as an under-14 player in 2016. Pratima Barwa was one of the first coaches that taught basics to Dungdung at Simdega sports hostel which is run by Jharkhand state government. [6] In 2019, she first made her debut for the junior India team that took part in the Chile tour. She scored four goals including a hat-trick and was picked up for the 2022 Women's FIH Junior World Cup. Later, she was named as the captain for the Under-23 5-Nations Tournament in Ireland, where she was adjudged as the 'Best Player' of the tournament. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Beauty Dungdung Profile". Hockey India. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  2. ↑ Unnikrishnan, Dilip (2022-11-21). "Hockey: From Simdega to Indian senior team, Beauty Dungdung's rise against the odds". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  3. ↑ "Women's hockey: How Beauty charted her inspirational rise to the Indian team". Hindustan Times. 2022-11-17. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  4. ↑ "Women's hockey: How Beauty charted her inspirational rise to the Indian team". Hindustan Times. 2022-11-17. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  5. ↑ Desk, The Bridge (2022-11-22). "Jharkhand's Beauty Dungdung fulfils her India dreams". thebridge.in. Retrieved 2023-09-07.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ↑ "Beauty Dungdung – Bucketful of Promise for Indian Women's Team Forwardline - Latest Hockey News ,Hockey Passion,Hockey Analysis, Hockey Interviews". 2022-11-19. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  7. ↑ Unnikrishnan, Dilip (2022-11-21). "Hockey: From Simdega to Indian senior team, Beauty Dungdung's rise against the odds". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
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