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Indian Women Hockey Team
Indian Women Hockey Team represents India in national and international tournaments and won many competitions in Asian and Olympics.

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Indian Women Hockey TeamIndian Women Hockey Team is currently coached by Neil Hawgood and led by halfback Ritu Rani from Haryana

Navjot Kaur
Navjot Kaur is an Indian Hockey player. She is part of the Indian Women`s Hockey team in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Deep Grace Ekka
Deep Grace Ekka was born on June 3rd in the year 1994. She is an Indian woman hockey player from Odisha in defender position. She belongs to Lulkidihi village, Balisankra Block, Sundargarh District of Odisha. She is the daughter of Charles Ekka (father) and Jayamani Ekka (mother).Indian Women Hockey Team

Monika Malik
Monika Malik was born on 5th November in the year 1993. She is an Indian field hockey player from Haryana who represented India in the 2014 Asian Games. She is currently employed with the Indian Railways.

Nikki Pradhan
Nikki Pradhan was born on 8th December in the year 1993. She is an Indian Hockey player. She is the first Women hockey player from Jharkhand. She is the daughter of Soma Pradhan (father) and Jitan Devi (mother). She is from Heshal village, Murthu block, Khunti district, Ranchi, Jharkhand.

Anuradha Thokchom
Anuradha Thokchom was born on February 2nd, 1989 at Toubal, Manipur. She is a member of the Indian women`s national field hockey team. She hails from Manipur and plays as a forward. She is an experienced member of the Indian squad and has more than 80 international caps to her credit.Indian Women Hockey Team

Savita Punia
Savita Punia was born on 11th June in the year 1990. She is a member of the India women`s national field hockey team. She hails from Haryana and plays as the goalkeeper. She is India`s current goalkeeper at the Rio Olympics in the year 2016 in Brazil where team India is competing after 36 years. The player has 105 international caps to her credit.

Poonam Rani
Poonam Rani is an Indian field hockey player from Hisar in Hisar District, Haryana who has been selected to represent India at the 2016 Olympics. She is said to have been inspired to play hockey after watching India win the gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England.

Vandana Kataria
Vandana Kataria is an Indian field hockey player. She plays as a forward in the Indian national team. Vandana Kataria tasted success in 2013 emerging as the country"s top goal-scorer, helping India bag a coveted bronze medal in the Junior Women" World Cup in Monchengladbach, Germany – her five goals made her the third highest goal-scorer of the tournament.

Deepika Thakur
Indian Women Hockey TeamDeepika Thakur is an Indian field hockey player from Haryana. She plays as a forward and is a product of Sports Hostel, Chandigarh. She hails from Yamunanagar District in Haryana. She works for Indian Railways.

Namita Toppo
Namita Toppo is an Indian woman hockey player from Odisha in mid-fielder position.

Renuka Yadav
Renuka Yadav is an Indian female field hockey player. She has become the youngest player to qualify for Rio Olympics 2016. She is from Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh, which has also been called "the Hockey Nursery of India." She is the second from Chhattisgarh to qualify for the Olympics, after Leslie Claudius. She is first woman from Chhattisgarh to qualify for Olympics.

Sunita Lakra
Sunita Lakra is a member of the India women`s national field hockey team who plays as a forward for the team. She is hailing from Odisha. She made her International debut in 2009, and has often been cited the backbone of the team since then and even been part of important tournaments like the 17th Asian Games and the recently culminated Women"s Hockey World League Round.

Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam
Indian Women Hockey TeamSushila Chanu Pukhrambam is an Indian field hockey player and is the current captain of Indian national hockey team.

Rani Rampal
Rani Rampal is an Indian field hockey player. At the age of 15, she was the youngest player in the national team, who participated in the 2010 World Cup.

Preethi Dubey
Preethi Dubey is an Indian Hockey player. She is part of the Indian Women`s Hockey team in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Lilima Minz
Lilima Minz is an Indian woman hockey player from Odisha in forward position.

Rajani Etimarpu
Rajani Etimarpu is a member of the India women`s national field hockey team. She hails from Andhra Pradesh and plays as a goalkeeper. She is India`s current goalkeeper at the 2014-2015 Women`s FIH Hockey World League .The player has successfully 50 international caps to her credit.


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