Varsha Soni (from

Jaipur Jaipur (; Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. , the city had a population of 3.1 million, making it the tenth most populous city in the country. Jaipur is also known ...

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...

) was a member of the Indian Women's Hockey Team. She was raised in

and is the youngest of 7 sisters and 1 brother. She studied at University Maharani College, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. She started her career in Field Hockey at an early age and eventually made it onto the Indian national team where she represented India at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 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 t ...

. She worked for the Indian Railways in Jaipur and is also a recipient of the Arjuna Award.

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* Field hockey players from Jaipur Olympic field hockey players of India Field hockey players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Indian female field hockey players Rajasthani people Recipients of the Arjuna Award 1957 births Living people Sportswomen from Rajasthan 20th-century Indian women 20th-century Indian people Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for India Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub