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{{short description|Indian field hockey player}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Madhuri Kindo
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|2|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Biramitrapur]], [[Odisha]], India
| height =
| weight =
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub =
| years1 =
| clubs1 = [[Hockey Association of Odisha]]
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2025–
| clubs2 = [[Odisha Warriors]]
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| nationalyears1 = 2023
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national under-21 field hockey team|India U21]]
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| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's [[field hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup|Junior Asia Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2023 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup|2023 Japan]]|}}
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'''Madhuri Kindo''' (born 25 February 2002) is an Indian [[field hockey]] player from Odisha. She plays as a goalkeeper for the [[India women's national field hockey team]]. She is yet to make her debut in the playing XI.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=2023-12-10 |title=India beats USA 3-2 to finish ninth at Junior Women's hockey World Cup |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/india-beats-usa-3-2-to-finish-ninth-at-junior-womens-hockey-world-cup/article67623968.ece |access-date= |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-10 |title=Indian Junior Women’s Hockey Team beat USA 2 - 2 (3 - 2 SO) to finish ninth at the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup 2023 |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/news/indian-junior-womens-hockey-team-beat-usa-2---2-3---2-so-to-finish-ninth-at-the-fih-hockey-womens-junior-world-cup-2023 |access-date= |website=Hockey India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-04-08 |title=Hockey India shortlists 33 players for women’s team core group |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/sports/hockey-india-shortlists-33-players-for-womens-team-core-group-1503288307.html |access-date= |website=The Statesman |language=en}}</ref> She made her Junior India debut in 2021.
== Early life ==
Kindo grew up in a farming family in [[Biramitrapur|Birmitrapur Odisha]]. She got interested in hockey by watching her brother Manoj Kindo play hockey, while their father, Shankar Kindo worked in the fields. Inspired by him, she started playing hockey too and joined the Panposh Sports Hostel in 2012. She initially played as a defender but later became a goalkeeper.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 27, 2024 |title="I am grateful for all that hockey has offered to me," - Indian Women's Hockey Team goalkeeper Madhuri Kindo |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/hockey/news-i-grateful-hockey-offered-me-indian-women-s-hockey-team-goalkeeper-madhuri-kindo |access-date= |work=Sportskeeda}}</ref>

== Career ==
Kindo participated in several national championships representing [[Odisha]], and in 2021, she was selected for the Indian junior team. Madhuri's performance at the Junior Women's Asia Cup 2023 in Japan helped her team win the gold medal.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date= |title=Goalkeeper Madhuri Kindo stars as India beat New Zealand in a classification match of the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup 2023 |url=https://www.africahockey.org/goalkeeper-madhuri-kindo-stars-as-india-beat-new-zealand-in-a-classification-match-of-the-fih-hockey-womens-junior-world-cup-2023/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=African Hockey Federation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 June 2023 |title=Goalkeeper Madhuri Kindo stars as India beat New Zealand in a classification match of the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup 2023 |url=https://www.fih.hockey/-fih-junior-world-cup-w/news/goalkeeper-madhuri-kindo-stars-as-india-beat-new-zealand-in-a-classification-match-of-the-fih-hockey-womens-junior-world-cup-2023 |access-date= |website=International Hockey Federation |language=en}}</ref> She received a job offer from [[Western Railway zone|Western Railways]] in [[Mumbai]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-06-24 |title=माधुरी किंडो ने इंडियन हॉकी का जताया आभार, बताई अपने संघर्ष की कहानी - Hockey |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/hi/!sports/indian-women-goalkeeper-madhuri-kindo-says-grateful-for-all-that-hockey-has-offered-hin24062403309 |access-date= |website=ETV Bharat News |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date= |title=India finish 9th in Junior Women's Hockey World Cup after beating USA 3-2 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/india-finish-9th-in-junior-womens-hockey-world-cup-after-beating-usa-3-2/articleshow/105875530.cms |access-date=2024-07-17 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

In April 2024, Madhuri joined the Indian team during an evaluation camp at SAI Bengaluru.<ref name=":0" />

She was part of the Odisha team that finished 5th in the 11th Hockey Indian Junior Women National Championships in [[Simdega|Simdega, Jharkhand]], from October 20-29, 2021. She was the goalkeeper for the Hockey Gangpur-Odisha team, which won the bronze medal in the 8th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship (Division-A) held in [[Bhopal|Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh]], from April 26 to May 6, 2018. Additionally, she represented Hockey Gangpur-Odisha in the 8th Senior Women National Hockey Championship (Division-A) in [[Ranchi|Ranchi, Jharkhand]], from February 1-11, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Madhuri Kindo - Orisports.com |url=https://www.orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=MTkxOA== |access-date= |website=www.orisports.com}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/madhuri-kindo-profile-3256 Madhuri Kindo] at [[Hockey India]]
*[https://www.orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=MTkxOA== Madhuri Kindo] at Orisports
*[https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/field_hockey/kindo-madhuri/564877/ Madhuri Kindo] at Global Sports Archive

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:2002 births]]
[[Category:Indian women's field hockey players]]
[[Category:Women's field hockey goalkeepers]]
[[Category:Field hockey players from Odisha]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Odisha]]
[[Category:People from Sundergarh district]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]

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