Pushpa Pradhan (born 25 November 1981) is an Indian former

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player, who represented the

India women's national field hockey team The Indian women's national field hockey team (nicknamed the ''Nabhvarna'') represents India in international field hockey, and is governed by Hockey India. Nabhvarna are currently ranked 6th in the FIH World Rankings, and are ranked as the b ...

. She played with the team when it won the Gold at 2004

Women's Hockey Asia Cup The Women's Hockey Asia Cup is a women's international field hockey tournament organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. The winning team becomes the champion of Asia and qualifies for the FIH Hockey World Cup. Japan are the defending champions ...

Early life

Pradhan was born in Hesel village in tribal heartland

Khunti Khunti is the headquarter of Khunti district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is in South Chotanagpur division and one of the 24 districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The district of Khunti was carved out of Ranchi district on 12 Sept ...

, roughly 60 kilometres from

Ranchi Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area ...

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

, on 25 November 1981.

References

External links

Biography at bharatiyahockey.org
1981 births Living people Indian female field hockey players People from Khunti district Sportswomen from Jharkhand Field hockey players from Jharkhand Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2006 Asian Games 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Asian Games bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Nagpuria people {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub