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 Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers o ...

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 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 ...

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 {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub