Sanggai Ibemhal Chanu Maimom (born 3 January 1981 in Bashikong, near

Imphal Imphal ( Meitei pronunciation: /im.pʰal/; English pronunciation: ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur. The metropolitan centre of the city contains the ruins of Kangla Palace (also known as Kangla Fort), the royal seat of the fo ...

Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of Myanm ...

) is a female

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 from

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

, who made her international debut for her native country in April 1998 in a friendly against Germany (0–2). She played as a midfielder or as a centre forward. At the 2001 World Cup Qualifier she was named ''Young Player of the Tournament''.

International senior tournaments

* 1998 – World Cup, Utrecht (12th) * 1998 –

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

, Kuala Lumpur (4th) * 2001 –

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, Amiens/Abbeville (7th) * 2002 – Champions Challenge, Johannesburg (3rd) * 2002 –

, Manchester (1st) * 2002 –

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

, Busan (4th) * 2003 –

Field hockey at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games Field hockey at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games was held over a period of eight days, from 23 October to 31 October 2003. It was one of the two sports which started before the opening ceremony of the Games, the other being football. The medal ceremonie ...

, Hyderabad (1st) * 2004 –

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, New Delhi (1st) * 2006 –

, Melbourne (2nd) * 2006 – World Cup, Madrid (11th)

External links

Profile on BharatiyahockeyCommonwealth Games Biography
1981 births Living people Indian female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2002 Asian Games Field hockey players from Manipur Sportswomen from Manipur 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Asian Games competitors for India Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub