Sumit Walmiki

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Sumit Walmiki
Personal information
Born (1996-12-20) 20 December 1996 (age 28)
Sonipat, Haryana, India [1]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career
YearsTeam
Punjab SC
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
ONGC
Hockey Haryana
2024– Hyderabad Toofans
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
2014–2016 India U21 12 (0)
2017– India 166 (8)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris Team
World League
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016–17 Bhubaneswar Team
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Team
Asia Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Dhaka
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Rajgir
Asian Champions Trophy
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Muscat
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Chennai
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Hulunbuir
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Dhaka
Junior World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Lucknow

Sumit Walmiki (born 20 December 1996) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for the Indian national team. [3] [4]

Hailing from Haryana, Sumit was part of the Indian squad that won the 2016 Junior World Cup. [5] He made his senior team debut at the 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. [6] He won the gold medal as part of the Indian team at the 2022 Asian Games. [7]

References

  1. "Sumit draws inspiration from hockey stars Sardar, Manpreet". DNA India. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. "SUMIT". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  3. "As hockey regains its place in the sun, Bengal experts rue lack of basic infra". The Times of India. 7 August 2021.
  4. "Haryana CM announces Rs 4 crore for Ravi Dahiya, Rs 2.5 crore each for Surender Kumar and Sumit Walmiki". The Indian Express. 5 August 2021.
  5. Vasavda, Mihir (18 December 2016). "Hockey Junior World Cup: Fathers at wheel the driving force for seven in team". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  6. "Hockey World League Semi-finals: India's Rupinder Pal Singh, SK Uthappa ruled out of tournament". Firstpost. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  7. "Asian Games Results". 2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou. Retrieved 6 October 2023.