Krishan Pathak

Krishan Pathak

Pathak in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Krishan Bahadur Pathak
Born	(1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 (age 27) Kapurthala, Punjab, India
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career
Years	Team
	Hockey Punjab
	Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
	Indian Oil Corporation
2024–	Kalinga Lancers
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2016	India U21	1	(0)
2018–	India	142	(0)
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing   India Champions Trophy 2018 Breda Team Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Team 2018 Jakarta Team Asian Champions Trophy 2018 Muscat Team 2023 Chennai Team 2024 Hulunbuir Team 2021 Dhaka Team Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Team Junior World Cup 2016 Lucknow Team
Last updated on: 18 September 2024

Krishan Bahadur Pathak (born 24 April 1997) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Indian national team.

Early life

Pathak was born on 24 April 1997 in Kapurthala, Punjab. He is of Nepalese descent; his parents migrated from Lugdi village in Nepal to Punjab in 1990. His ancestral village is about six hours away from the capital Kathmandu. ^[2] Despite not being interested in the sport, Pathak had joined the Surjit Hockey Academy in Jalandhar when he was 12 at the insistence of his father. ^[3] Pathak's mother died when he was 12, while his father Tek Bahadur Pathak, a crane operator, died of a heart attack in 2016. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Career

Pathak was part of the Indian junior team that won the 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup in Lucknow. He was then selected in the India A team for the 2017 Men's Australian Hockey League. He made his India senior team debut in January 2018 when the team participated in a four-team invitational tournament in New Zealand. ^[6] Pathak found a place in the squad for 2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup as India's first-choice goalkeeper P. R. Sreejesh was rested. He then played as a reserve goalkeeper in the 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy where India won the silver medal and the 2018 Asian Games where India won bronze.^{[ citation needed ]}

Pathak was the reserve goalkeeper at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo where India won the bronze medal. ^[7] Finally he won gold medal in 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou. ^[8]

Award

Pathak received the Arjuna Award from the President of India on 9 January 2024. ^[9]

References

1. "PATHAK Krishan". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 28 February 2019.
2. "Friends in deed aid Krishan in tragedy". The New Indian Express. 26 November 2016.
3. Raj, Pratyush (12 August 2018). "Sreejesh's understudy, Krishan worked at construction sites". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
4. Iyer, Ravi (26 November 2016). "Friends in deed aid Krishan in tragedy". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
5. Junior Hockey World Cup: Despite setbacks, goalkeeper Krishan Pathak keeps faith
6. "Fit-again PR Sreejesh named in India squad for New Zealand tour". India Today. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
7. Jal, Pratyush Raj (5 August 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: 9 players from India's bronze-medal winning hockey team from Jalandhar's Surjit Academy". India Today. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
8. "Asian Games Results". 2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
9. "Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

External links

• Krishan Pathak at Hockey India
• Krishan Pathak at the International Hockey Federation