M. N. Ponnamma
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| Full name | Mallamada Narendra Ponnamma | ||||||||||||||
| Born |
25 October 1992 Virajpet, Karnataka, India | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Halfback | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| –present | Railways | ||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||
| 2011–present | India | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mallamada Narendra Ponnamma (born 25 October 1992) is an Indian field hockey player, who plays as a halfback for the Indian national team. She was a part of the team that won bronze at the 2013 Junior World Cup, in Germany.[1]
Early life and career
Ponnamma was born on 25 October 1992 in Kodagu district, in the Indian State of Karnataka, into Mallamada family of the Kodava community. Born to a family of hockey players, her father Narendra, played hockey during his time in the Indian armed forces; her mother, during her college days; and her older sister, who gave up the game after sustaining an injury.[2] Influenced towards the game by her father, Ponnamma was selected by and began training with Madikeri branch of Sports Authority of India, in 2005.[1] After having been noticed for her performances at tournaments at the district level, she was chosen to play for Karnataka in its senior team, at the national-level, and would go on to captain the team as well. She was eventually chosen to represent India in its junior and senior teams, in 2011.
References
- 1 2 Sreekumar, S. S. (22 August 2013). "Ponnamma: Creating history". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ↑ Chinnappa, K. Jeevan (13 August 2013). "Ponnamma upholds Kodagu’s hockey tradition". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 November 2015.