Nandanoori Mukesh Kumar (born 16 April 1970), also known as Mukesh Kumar Nandanoori, is an Indian field hockey player. He was born in

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Career

He made his international debut for the Men's National Team in early 1992.

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d ''Murali'', Kumar represented his native country at three consecutive

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, starting in

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, where India finished in seventh place. Mukesh represented for India in 307 international matches and scored 80 goals. In the

1992 Barcelona Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

he scored four goals, in the

1996 Atlanta Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

he scored two goals, and in the

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he netted two goals.

Awards

Arjuna Award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one ...

- 1995 *

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

- 2003

Personal life

Mukesh Kumar is also married to a hockey player, Nidhi Khullar. They have 2 children, N.Yeshaswini and Ashutosh Kumar Ashutosh Kumar was born in 2008 ,he studies in Kendriya Vidyalaya Picket

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* 1970 births Living people Indian male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1994 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1998 Asian Games 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of India Sportspeople from Hyderabad, India Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports Recipients of the Arjuna Award Field hockey players from Andhra Pradesh Asian Games medalists in field hockey Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub