Surender Kumar

Surender Kumar

Kumar in August 2022
Personal information
Born	(1993-11-23) 23 November 1993 (age 31) Karnal, Haryana, India
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Food Corporation of India
Senior career
Years	Team
	Food Corporation of India
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2013	India U21	11
2013–	India	178	(4)
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing   India Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Team Asia Cup 2017 Dhaka Champions Trophy 2016 London 2018 Breda Asian Champions Trophy 2016 Kuantan 2018 Muscat Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Team

Surender Kumar (born 23 November 1993) is an Indian field hockey player, who plays as a defender for the Indian national team.

He was born to Malkhan Singh and Neelam Devi on 23 November 1993. He is from Karnal, Haryana. ^[2]

He was part of the Indian hockey team that participated in the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

See also

• India at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

1. "KUMAR Surender". worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
2. "Bronze after 4 decades: Hockey star Surender Kumar didn't let Covid bog him down". The Tribune . 10 August 2021. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
3. Ganesan, Uthra (14 July 2016). "Surender: from wilderness to Rio". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 14 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
4. "Rio 2016: India lose 1-2 to Germany in men's hockey". The Times of India . Press Trust of India (PTI). 8 August 2016. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
5. "21 women athletes going to Rio Olympic from Haryana". The Economic Times . Indo-Asian News Service (IANS). 16 July 2016. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

External links

• Surender Kumar at Hockey India
• Surender Kumar at the International Hockey Federation
• Surender Kumar at Olympics.com
• Surender Kumar at Olympedia