Mariana Kujur

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Mariana Kujur
Personal information
Born (1999-04-24) 24 April 1999 (age 25)
Timna, Odisha, India
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Railway Sports Promotion Board
Senior career
YearsTeam
Hockey Odisha
Railway Sports Promotion Board
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
India U21
2022– India 8 (1)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Asia Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Muscat
Hockey5s World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Oman

Mariana Kujur (born 24 April 1999) is an Indian field hockey player and a member of the Indian women's hockey team. [1] She plays for the Railway Sports Promotion Board in the domestic hockey tournaments. Kujur plays as a defender. [2]

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Early life

Mariana Kujur hails from Timna village in Sundergarh district, Odisha. She has two brothers and two sisters and she is the youngest in the family. Both her brothers used to play hockey for relaxation but when Kujur moved to her uncle's house for studies, she joined for hockey under her cousin. She is a product of Panposh Sports Hostel and one of her first coaches who taught her basics when she joined in 2010 was Amulyananda Bihari. [3]

Hockey career

She made her junior India debut in December 2016 at the 4th under-18 Women's Asia Cup tournament held in Bangkok, [4] Thailand where India got a bronze medal. In July 2018, she was part of the silver medal-winning India youth team at the 6-Nation under-23 women's hockey tournament in Antwerp, Belgium. In April 2019, she took part in the under-21 4 Nations junior women invitational tournament in Dublin. Later she was part of the gold medal-winning Indian team in the under-21 3-Nations Invitation Tournament in Canberra, in December 2019. She made her Senior India debut in December 2021 at the Donghae Women's Asian Champions Trophy and also took part in the Women's Asia Cup in January 2022. She took part in the 2021–22 Women's FIH Hockey Pro League in June 2022. She also made her senior hockey5s debut at the Hero 2022 Women's FIH Hockey5s, Lausanne tournament in June 2022 and the 2023 Women's Hockey5s Asia Cup in Salalah, Oman. [5] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mariana Kujur Profile". Hockey India. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Want to become world's best midfielder, says Odisha-born Mariana Kujur | Sambad English". 30 July 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  3. ↑ Qureshy, Tazeen (21 February 2022). "In Odisha's hockey cradle, a firebrand 22-year-old ends her family's long wait". thebridge.in. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Orisports.com". www.orisports.com. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Kujur Mariana | India hockey player". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
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