Ropni Kumari

Ropni Kumari

Personal information
Born	(2003-11-16) 16 November 2003 (age 21) Simdega, Jharkhand, India
Playing position	Defender
Senior career
Years	Team
	Hockey Jharkhand
	Railways
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2023	India U21
Medal record Women's field hockey Representing   India Junior Asia Cup 2023 Japan

Ropni Kumari (born 16 November 2003) ^[1] is an Indian field hockey player from Jharkhand. She plays for the India women's national field hockey team as a defender. She plays for Railway Sports Promotion Board and Hockey Jharkhand in the domestic tournaments. She played for Ranchi University in the 2nd Khelo India University games at Bengaluru in 2021. ^[2]

Early life

Kumari is from Simdega, Jharkhand. ^[3] She joined the South Easter Railways at Ranchi Rail Division in 2023. ^[4]

Career

She played all the six matches as part of the Junior India team at the 2023 Women's FIH Hockey Junior Asia Cup in June 2023 at Kakamigahara, where India won the gold. ^[5] Later in August 2023, she participated in the 4 Nations Junior Women's invitational tournament at Düsseldorf. Then in November, she played the 2023 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup at Santiago. ^{[5] [6]} In May 2024, she was part of the Indian National camp at Bengaluru and was selected to the core Senior Indian team probables and was selected to play the FIH Hockey Pro League for women in 2023-2024 but could not make her debut. ^[7] Now she is listed to play the 2024-2025 Pro League in February 2025 at Bhubaneswar. ^[8]

References

1. "Ropni Kumari - Hockey India". hockeyindia.org. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
2. "Hockey India: Altiusrt". hockeyindia.altiusrt.com. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
3. "Three girls from Simdega get India call-up again". The Times of India. 9 November 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
4. "जूनियर भारतीय महिला हॉकी टीम की सदस्य रोपनी कुमारी को रेलवे में नौकरी, अभी बेंगलुरु के नेशनल कैंप में ले रहीं है हिस्सा". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 2 February 2025.
5. "International Hockey Federation". tms.fih.ch. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
6. Staff, Scroll (8 December 2023). "FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup: India beat South Korea in 9th-12th classification match". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
7. "'Learning experience to train alongside senior players': Ropni Kumari". thebridge.in. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
8. "Hockey India names 33-member core probable group for National Women's Coaching Camp". ANI News. Retrieved 2 February 2025.