Prem Maya Sonir (born July 14, 1961) is the Retired Sport Officer of North Eastern Railways Headquarters Gorakhpur.
During the 1980 Olympics, she was one of the star members of India's hockey team which also included the
Saini Sisters and
Lorraine Fernandes
Lorraine Fernandes (born 24 December 1954) is an Indian field hockey player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics. During the Olympics she was one of the star members of India's hockey team which also included the ...
where they defeated Austria and Poland. They came fourth missing out on a bronze medal.
She was a member of the
women's hockey team of India, which won the gold medal in the
1982 Asian Games
The 9th Asian Games ( hi, 1982 एशियाई खेल) were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India. 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken at the event. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of ...
held in
New Delhi
New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...
.
She also serves as the coach of the Indian Railways women
hockey
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team, which has won the women's national hockey championship a number of times. She was also the captain of the national women's hockey team. She received the
Arjuna Award
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in 1985.
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Indian female field hockey players
1961 births
Living people
Field hockey players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic field hockey players of India
Recipients of the Arjuna Award
20th-century Indian women
20th-century Indian people
Asian Games medalists in field hockey
Field hockey players at the 1982 Asian Games
Field hockey players at the 1986 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for India
Asian Games bronze medalists for India
Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
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