https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=110.235.239.151Bharatpedia - User contributions [en]2026-09-18T10:22:07ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Maya_Sonir&diff=174833Prem Maya Sonir2021-08-08T20:06:33Z<p>110.235.239.151: </p>
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{{short description|Indian field hockey player}}<br />
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'''Prem Maya Sonir''' (born July 14, 1961) is the Retired Sport Officer of North Eastern Railways Headquarters Gorakhpur. <br />
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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]] where they defeated Austria and Poland. They came fourth missing out on a bronze medal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=India women's hockey team at Olympics: A look back|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/india-women-s-hockey-team-at-olympics-a-look-back|access-date=2021-06-08|website=Olympics.com}}</ref><br />
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She was a member of the [[India women's national field hockey team|women's hockey team of India]], which won the gold medal in the [[1982 Asian Games]] held in [[New Delhi]].<br />
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She also serves as the coach of the Indian Railways women [[field hockey|hockey]] 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]] in 1985.<br />
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418103358/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/prema-maya-sonir-1.html sports-reference]<br />
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[[Category:1961 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic field hockey players of India]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian women]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian people]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in field hockey]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1982 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1986 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games]]<br />
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