Rani Rampal
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December 4, 1994 Shahbad, Haryana, India | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
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| 2009–present | India | 140 | (78) | ||||||||||||
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Rani Rampal (born 4 December 1994)[1][2] is an Indian field hockey player. At the age of 15, she was the youngest player in the national team which participated in the 2010 World Cup.
Early life
Rani was born on 4 December 1994 in Shahabad Markanda in the Kurukshetra district of Haryana, to a poor family. Her father works as a cart-puller. She took to field hockey in 2003 and trained at the Shahbad Hockey Academy under Baldev Singh, a recipient of Dronacharya Award.[3] As she started to play professionally, GoSports Foundation, a sports non-governmental organization provided her with monetary and non-monetary support as her family found it hard to support her dreams financially.[4]
Career
Rani played in the Champion's Challenge Tournament held in Kazan, Russia in June 2009 and powered India to a win by scoring 4 goals in the finals. She was adjudged “The Top Goal Scorer” and the “Young Player of the Tournament.” [5]
She was instrumental in winning the silver medal for the Indian team in the Asia Cup held in Nov 2009. After playing with India's national team at 2010 Commonwealth Games and 2010 Asian Games, Rani Rampal was included in the FIH Women's All Star Team of 2010. She was also included the All Star team of the Asian Hockey Federation based on her performance in 2010 Asian Games at Guangzhou, where the Indian team finished fourth.
At the 2010 Women’s Hockey World Cup held in Rosario, Argentina, she scored a total of seven goals which placed India in the ninth position in World Women's hockey rankings. This is India's best performance since 1978. She is the only Indian to be nominated for the FIH Women's Young Player of the Year Award, 2010. She was conferred the “Best Young Player of the Tournament” award at the Women's Hockey World Cup 2010, recognizing her stellar performance as the top field goal scorer in the tournament.[6]
She was also adjudged the 'Player of the Tournament' at the 2013 Junior World Cup which India finished with a bronze medal.[7] She has been named for FICCI Comeback of the Year Award 2014 [8]
References
- ↑ "Rani Rampal". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
- ↑ "Rani Rampal profile". BBC. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
- ↑ "Haryana cart-puller's daughter is hockey's shining young star". The Indian Express. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ↑ "Rani named best young player at Women's Hockey World Cup". The Times of India. 2010-09-13.
- ↑ http://www.fih.ch/en/fih/awards/allstar/
- ↑ "Rani Rampal Wins ‘Young Player of the Tournament’". Sportstrack. 2010-09-15.
- ↑ "India Eves Claim Historic Bronze Medal In The FIH Junior Women Hockey World Cup 2013". Hockey India. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ↑ "FICCI announces the Winners of India Sports Awards for 2014". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 14 February 2014.