Pritam Rani Siwach (born 2 October 1974) is an Indian former field hockey player, who represented the India women's national field hockey team. She also served as the captain of the Indian women's hockey team.[1] In 2008, she was recalled to join the team for the Olympic qualifiers in order to bring an "additional wealth of experience."[2] After the team did not qualify for the Olympics, Siwach stated in an interview, "We are not that bad as the results would show. It was simply a case of missed chances [...] One difference between my times and now is the midfield. We had an experienced midfield with Sita Gussain at the centre. That helped us. Here, both T. H. Ranjita and Rosalind Ralte are young, just come into the team. They are potential youngsters, will only improve."[3]
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| Born | 2 October 1974 Jharsa, Gurgaon, India |
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She last played with the team when it won the Gold at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. She currently runs a hockey academy at Sonipat, Haryana[4] and is training young girls in hockey. She is also trained as a hockey coach.[2]
Siwach
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Pritam was born in village Jharsa, near Gurgaon, Haryana, and started playing hockey at the age of 9. She had developed her hockey in the guidance of PTI Master Tara Chand in the school of Jharsa. Master Tara Chand and Head master Raghwendra Singh Yadav has helped her to become a best player of Hockey.
Pritam Rani Siwach is now Coach with Indian Women Hockey team for World Cup and Commonwealth Games.
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Pritham received an Arjuna Award in 1998 and the Dronacharya Award in 2021.[4]
Notes edit
- ^ "Pritam Rani recalled in squad". Yahoo!. 18 March 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2008. [dead link]
- ^ a b "Pritam Rani stages a comeback". The Hindu. 18 March 2008. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Pritam is sorry for not living up to expectations". Udayavani. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2008. [dead link]
- ^ a b "Pritam Siwach, a hockey champion, good samaritan". Hindustan Times. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
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