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| Full name | Selma Juliet Christina D'Silva | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 July 1960 Mumbai, India | |||||||||||||||
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Selma Juliet Christina D'Silva (born 24 July 1960) is a former player for the Indian Women's Hockey Team. [1] She represented India at the 1980 Summer Olympics [2] [3] [4] and the 1982 Asian Games along with many other international tournaments. She has also been the captain for Indian Women's Hockey Team [5] during the 1983 Woman’s World Cup Kuala Lumpur.
D'Silva was born in Mumbai, and attended Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Matunga. [6]
As of 2013, she was living in Mumbai, India.
D'Silva played for the Western Railway Woman’s Hockey Team, 1979 - 1996. She represented, Bombay, Western Railway and Indian Railways at various tournaments held all over India during these years.
In 1979 she represented India in the Woman’s World Cup Vancouver - CANADA. In 1980 represented India at the Olympic Games in Moscow. [7] She was on the winning team representing India at the 1981 Asian Women’s Hockey Championship Japan, [8] the 1981 Quadrangular Tournament Singapore, and the 1982I ndo – German Series Germany. She represented India at the 1982 Asian Games New Delhi, and again as captain in 1983 at the World Cup Kuala Lumpur. In 1991 The Padma Shree Award was presented to her by the President of India. [9]
Dhanraj Pillay is a retired Indian field hockey player and former captain of the India national team. He also looks after the Air India Sports Promotion Board as a Joint Secretary based in Mumbai. For the last 5 years, Dhanraj is overseeing the SAG Hockey Academy in Gujarat funded by the Gujarat Government. He is widely regarded as one of the best Indian players of hockey.
Aparna Popat is a former Indian badminton player. She was India's national champion for a record equaling nine times when she won all the senior national championships between 1997 and 2006.
Guru Nanak Khalsa College is an affiliate college of University of Mumbai in Matunga, Mumbai. It offers undergraduate, Masters and PhD programs in arts, science and commerce disciplines.
Mohammed Shahid was an Indian field hockey player. He is considered one of India's best to have played the game and was known for his dribbling skills. He was a member of the Indian team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. He was awarded Arjuna Award in 1980–1981 and Padma Shri in 1986.
Gangotri Bhandari is a former player for the Indian Women's Hockey Team. She represented India at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1982 Asian Games along with many other international tournaments. She has also been the wise captain for Indian Women's Hockey Team during the Asian Hockey Championship in Kyoto, Japan in 1981. She is currently living with her family and working for NWR Railways as chief office superintendent in its Jaipur division.
Adrian Albert D'souza is an Indian field hockey goalkeeper, who made his international debut for the men's national team in January 2004 during the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Adrian has more than 100 International Caps for his country in all competitions. He has played in all major field hockey tournaments, including the 2006 Hockey World Cup, 2006 Asian Games, 2007 Asia Cup and 2 Champions Trophies. Regarded as one of the most innovative and daring goal-keepers of recent times, Adrian brought the rushing technique to the hockey field. Adrian has competed in 3/4 major international hockey events : the Olympics, World Cup, and Asian Games with a total of 165 caps for his country.
Dilip Tirkey, is a former Indian field hockey player, politician and sports administrator. His former playing position was of full back. He was best known for his penalty corner hit. Dilip was one of the most difficult defenders to beat in the world and was known as "The Wall of Indian Hockey" He was an ex-captain of Indian hockey team. The first and only Hockey player from India to play more than 400 international matches Dilip Tirkey was the Former Captain of the Indian Hockey Team. Having played 412 international matches for India, Dilip Tirkey has represented India in 3 Olympic Games & was Captain of the Indian Hockey Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens. Under his captaincy, India clinched gold medal at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games by defeating arch-rivals Pakistan in the Final. The First-ever Tribal to receive Padma Shri Award, Dilip Tirkey is a former Member of Parliament of India in Rajya Sabha, former Chairman of Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC), Chairman of Odisha Hockey Promotion Council & Hockey Odisha's ad-hoc committee. In September 2022, he became President of Hockey India. On 22 March 2012, he was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha as one of the three Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidates to the Upper House of Indian Parliament. Previously, Dilip Tirkey was working as chairman of Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC), now he is working as the chairman of Odisha Hockey Promotion Council. In September 2022, he was elected unopposed to the position of the president of Hockey India. He is the first ever international hockey player to become President of Hockey India Dilip Tirkey Sports Research Development Foundation short and abbreviated as DTSRD is an initiative of Padma Shri Dilip Tirkey. DTSRD has its registered office in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Dibakar Parichha serves as the Secretary-General of DTSRD while Prime Abhilas is the Managing Director of DTSRD. The Founder – President of DTSRD is Dilip Tirkey
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Ajit Pal Singh Kular was an Indian professional field hockey player from Sansarpur, Punjab. He was the captain of the Indian hockey team. He was conferred the Arjuna Award in 1970, and awarded it in 1972. He played at centre half position. He was captain of the Indian team at the Hockey World Cup 1975 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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