Vivek Prasad

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Vivek Prasad
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Vivek Prasad at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Full name Vivek Sagar Prasad
Born (2000-02-25) 25 February 2000 (age 24)
Itarsi, Madhya Pradesh, India [1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Bhopal Police
Senior career
YearsTeam
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
Bhopal Police
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 India U21 12 (1)
2018– India 133 (20)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Jakarta Team
Asian Champions Trophy
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Chennai
Champions Trophy
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Breda
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team
Men's Hockey5s
Summer Youth Olympics
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Buenos Aires Team
Last updated on: 5 August 2021

Vivek Sagar Prasad (born 25 February 2000) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for the Indian national team. [2] [3]

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In January 2018, he became the second-youngest player ever to debut for India at 17 years, 10 months and 22 days. At the 2019 Hockey Stars Awards, Prasad was named the FIH Rising Star of the Year. [4] At the 2020-21 FIH Player of the Year Awards, he was named the FIH Young Player of the Year. [5]

International career

Prasad scored the equalizing goal for India in the 42nd minute in the final of the 2018 Champions Trophy against Australia, a match that India went on to lose in the penalties. [6] At the 2019 FIH Series Finals in Bhubaneswar, Prasad was named the best young player at the tournament. [7] In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Rising Star of the Year Award. [8] He won the award by getting 34.5 per cent of the votes and he became the first Indian player to win an FIH Award. [4] He was part of the Indian team that won the bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games. Finally he won gold medal in 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou. [9]

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References

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