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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian hockey player (born 2003)}}<br />
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{{Infobox field hockey player<br />
| name = Mumtaz Khan<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|1|15|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India<br />
| height = <br />
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| position = Forward<br />
| years1 = <br />
| clubs1 = Indian Oil Corporation Ltd<br />
| caps1 = <br />
| goals1 = <br />
| years2 = 2025–<br />
| clubs2 = [[Delhi SG Pipers]]<br />
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| nationalyears1 = <br />
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national under-21 field hockey team|India U21]]<br />
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| nationalgoals1 = <br />
| nationalyears2 = 2023–<br />
| nationalteam2 = [[India women's national field hockey team|India]]<br />
| nationalcaps2 = 19<br />
| nationalgoals2 = 6<br />
| medaltemplates = <br />
{{MedalSport|Women's [[field hockey]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Hockey Asia Cup|Asia Cup]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2025 Women's Hockey Asia Cup|2025 Hangzhou]]|}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Field hockey at the Youth Olympic Games|Youth Olympic Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2018 Summer Youth Olympics|2018 Buenos Aires]]|[[Field hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament|Team]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup|Junior Asia Cup]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2024 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup|2024 Muscat]]|}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Mumtaz Khan''' (born 15 January 2003)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Mumtaz Khan Profile |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/mumtaz-khan-profile-1639 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Hockey India |language=en}}</ref> is an [[India women's national field hockey team|Indian women's field hockey]] player from [[Uttar Pradesh]]. She plays as a forward. She made her senior India debut in February 2024 at the FIH pro-league at [[Bhubaneswar]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ganesan |first=Uthra |date=2024-02-03 |title=FIH Pro League 2023-24: Indian women's team loses 2-1 to China in campaign opener |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/hockey/india-women-lose-china-fih-pro-league-2023-24-bhubaneswar-score-highlights-goals-summary/article67808710.ece |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> She plays for Indian Oil Corporation Limited in the domestic tournaments.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Khan hails from Lucknow. Her parents, Kaiser Jahan and Hafiz Khan, sell vegetables on a push cart. She has five sisters Farha, Shanaz, Tarannum, Shireen, Sania and a brother, Armaan. Since the family has no house of their own, they stay in the house of her mother's brother (mama).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Meet Mumtaz Khan, rickshaw-puller's daughter part of India's medal-winning Junior Hockey Team |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-meet-mumtaz-khan-rickshaw-puller-s-daughter-part-of-india-s-medal-winning-junior-hockey-team-asia-cup-2023-3047877 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=DNA India |language=en}}</ref> She started playing hockey in 2014. In 2023, she secured employment with [[Indian Oil Corporation]].<br />
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== Career ==<br />
In 2017, Khan was selected for the Junior India team. She was part of the Indian team that won silver at the 3rd [[2018 Youth Olympics|Youth Olympics]] Games 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Sportstar |first=Team |date=2023-04-19 |title=Mumtaz Khan keen to impress with Indian women's hockey team |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/hockey/mumtaz-khan-impress-indian-womens-hockey-team-youth-olympics-2018/article66755070.ece |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> She was also part of the girls u-18 team that won bronze medal at the Asia Cup.<ref name=":1" /> She was India's top scorer with eight goals at the [[2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup]] in [[South Africa]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lahiri |first=Dipankar |date=2022-04-22 |title=Never got the respect I thought I deserved: Junior hockey star Mumtaz Khan |url=https://thebridge.in/hockey/mumtaz-khan-junior-hockey-star-never-got-respect-i-deserved-30873 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref> She made her Hockey5s senior India debut at the Hero FIH Hockey 5s [[Lausanne]] 2022<ref name=":0" /> After a layout due to an injury,<ref>{{Cite web |author=Scroll Staff |date=2023-04-20 |title=Hockey: Mumtaz Khan eager to earn her place in national team after bouncing back from injuries |url=https://scroll.in/field/1047704/hockey-mumtaz-khan-eager-to-earn-her-place-in-national-team-after-bouncing-back-from-injuries |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref> she is back in the senior India team for the FIH pro-league at Bhubaneswar, where she got her maiden India cap against China on 2 February 2024. In January 2024, she was part of the Indian team that won silver at the [[2024 Women's FIH Hockey5s World Cup]] in [[Muscat]], [[Oman]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2024-01-27 |title=FIH Hockey5s Women's World Cup: India beats South Africa 6-3 to enter final |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/hockey/fih-hockey5s-womens-world-cup-india-beats-south-africa-6-3-to-enter-final/article67782298.ece |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Awards ==<br />
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* In 2021, she received [[FIH Player of the Year Awards|FIH]] Women's Rising Star of the Year award.<ref name=":0" /><br />
* In 2022, she received [[Hockey India]]’s Asunta Lakra Award for Upcoming Player of the Year.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/mumtaz-khan-profile-1639 Mumtaz Khan] at [[Hockey India]]<br />
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[[Category:2003 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian women's field hockey players]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Lucknow]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Sportswomen from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Women's field hockey forwards]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]</div>IolaWatriama22