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{{short description|Indian field hockey player}}
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{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Nikki Pradhan
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|12|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hesel, [[Khunti district|Khunti]], [[Bihar]]<br/>(present-day [[Jharkhand]]), India
| height = 1.53 m
| weight = 49 kg
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = [[Railways Sports Promotion Board|Railways]]
| years1 =
| clubs1 = Hockey Jharkhand
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 =
| clubs2 = [[Railways Sports Promotion Board|Railways]]
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| nationalyears1 = 2015–
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national field hockey team|India]]
| nationalcaps1 = 150
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's [[field hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Field hockey at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games|2018 Jakarta]]|[[Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games – Women|Team]]}}
{{MedalComp|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Birmingham]]|[[Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Hockey Asia Cup|Asia Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2017 Women's Hockey Asia Cup|2017 Gifu]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Asian Champions Trophy|Asian Champions Trophy]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 Women's Asian Champions Trophy|2016 Singapore]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2018 Asian Women's Hockey Champions Trophy|2018 Donghae]]|}}
}}

'''Nikki Pradhan''' (born 8 December 1993)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sportingindia.com/content/nikki-pradhan |title=Nikki Pradhan {{!}} SportingIndia|website=sportingindia.com|access-date=13 May 2017}}</ref> is an Indian professional [[field hockey]] player and is a member of the [[India women's national field hockey team|Indian national team]]. Pradhan was the first female Hockey player from [[Jharkhand]] who represented [[India]] in the [[Olympic Games|Olympics]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Ray|first=Dhritiman|date=2016-07-12|title=Nikki Pradhan first woman hockey player from Jharkhand at Olympics – Times of India|work=The Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indiario/hockey/Nikki-Pradhan-first-woman-hockey-player-from-Jharkhand-at-Olympics/articleshow/53176739.cms|access-date=13 May 2017}}</ref> Pradhan was included in a 16-member squad for [[2016 Summer Olympics|Rio Olympics]], which also marked the return of Indian women's hockey to the Olympics after 36 years<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Jharkhands-Nikki-Pradhan-in-hockey-team-for-Rio-Olympic/articleshow/53184225.cms |title=Jharkhand's Nikki Pradhan in hockey team for Rio Olympic – Times of India |work=The Times of India |access-date=13 May 2017}}</ref> after a stellar show at the [[Hockey World League]] Semifinals in 2015.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/rio-2016-sushila-chanu-to-lead-indian-womens-hockey-team-at-olympics-2891176.html |title=Rio 2016: Sushila Chanu to lead Indian women's hockey team at Olympics |date=13 July 2016 |work=Firstpost |access-date=13 May 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref> Pradhan was the midfielder of the Indian Women's Hockey team. Her selection to the team made her the sixth hockey player from Jharkhand to play in Olympics, bracketing her with [[Jaipal Singh Munda]] (1928), Michael Kido (1972), [[Sylvanus Dung Dung|Sylvanus Dungdung]] (1980), Ajeet Lakra (1992) and [[Manohar Topno]] (1984).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Our girl Nikki makes it to Rio- Khunti lass becomes state's first woman hockey player at Olympics |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160713/jsp/frontpage/story_96450.jsp#.V67knqx36x4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714144719/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160713/jsp/frontpage/story_96450.jsp#.V67knqx36x4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 July 2016 |website=telegraphindia.com |accessdate=13 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nikki Pradhan |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/nikki-pradhan |website=rio2016.com |accessdate=13 August 2016 |archive-date=17 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817093225/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/nikki-pradhan |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Early life==
Pradhan was born in Hesel village in tribal heartland [[Khunti district|Khunti]], roughly 60 kilometres from [[Ranchi]], Jharkhand, on 8 December 1993, to Soma Pradhan, a Bihar police constable, and his wife, Jitan Devi, a [[homemaker]]. Pradhan is the third daughter of Soma Pradhan and Jitan Devi.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/hockey/nikki-overcomes-hurdles-to-become-jharkhands-first-woman-hockey-olympian |title=Nikki Pradhan overcomes hurdles to become Jharkhand's first woman hockey Olympian |date=13 July 2016 |access-date=13 May 2017}}</ref> She belongs to [[Kharwar]] [[Bhogta]] community.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/khunti-will-do-all-possible-cooperation-in-nurturing-the-talents-of-the-society-nikki-pradhan-21968317.html|title=प्रतिभाओं को निखारने में करेंगे हर संभव सहयोग : निक्की प्रधान|publisher=jagran|date=28 August 2021|access-date=30 October 2022|language=Hindi}}</ref>

Pradhan studied at Pilaul Middle School and started playing the game at a young age under the guidance of her childhood coach Dasrath Mahto.<ref name=":1" /> She was inspired by [[Pushpa Pradhan]], who visited school in 1999 and tell her journey to national hockey team.<ref name="timesofindia">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/commonwealth-games-2022/indiabirmingham/from-running-away-from-training-to-cwg-bronze-nikki-pradhan-has-come-a-long-way/articleshow/93468906.cms|title=From running away from training to CWG bronze, Nikki Pradhan has come a long way|publisher=timesofindia|date=10 August 2022|access-date=11 August 2022}}</ref> Then she made hockey stick of bamboo and started to play.<ref name="ndtv">{{Cite news|url=https://ndtv.in/othersports/story-of-indian-womens-hockey-player-nikki-pradhans-struggle-how-she-decided-her-journey-from-farm-to-olympics-hindi-2997111|title=हॉकी प्लेयर निक्की प्रधान के संघर्ष की कहानी, जानें कैसे तय किया खेत से ओलिंपिक तक का सफर |publisher=ndtv|date=21 May 2022|access-date=1 December 2022|language=Hindi}}</ref> Later she enrolled in the Bariatu Girls' Hockey Center in Ranchi in 2005, which has produced former Indian captain Asunta Lakra. She leave sport hostel in 2009. After passing 12th class in 2010, she had to leave hostel but she was allowed to stay in hostel and play in campus due to request.<ref name="ndtv"/> After playing Jharkhand National Games in 2011, she got selected for national camp in 2012.<ref name="timesofindia"/>

==Career==
Pradhan played the first time for India in U-17 Asia Cup in Bangkok in 2011.<ref name=":0" /> However, Pradhan wasn't able to get selected for the India's Junior National Hockey Camp in 2011–2012.<ref name=":1" /> Pradhan was also a part of the U-21 Women's Hockey Team which won the silver medal in the [[Asia Cup]], however, had to stay out of action due to an injury until the beginning of 2015.<ref name=":0" /> Pradhan made her debut for the Senior Indian Team and was called into the senior camp in August 2015.<ref name=":1" />

Pradhan was later selected as a member of the squad of Indian Women's Hockey team, which represented India in [[2016 Summer Olympics|Rio Olympics]] in [[Brazil]] in 2016. Her selection to the Indian Women's Hockey team that represented India in Olympics scripted history as she was the first woman Hockey player from Jharkhand to ever play in Olympics.<ref name=":2" /> The 16-member team was led by defender [[Sushila Chanu]]. Pradhan played at the position of a midfielder, alongside [[Renuka Yadav]], [[Lilima Minz|Llima Minz]], Monika and Navjot Kaur. The other team members were [[Deep Grace Ekka]], Anuradha Devi Thokchom, Savita, [[Poonam Rani]], [[Vandana Kataria|Vandana Katariya]], Deepika, [[Namita Toppo]], [[Sunita Lakra]] and [[Preeti Dubey]].<ref name=":3" /> The team, however, got eliminated in the group stage where they were [[Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|placed 6th]].<ref name=":3" />

In [[2022 Commonwealth Games]], Indian women hockey team won bronze medal. The team won a medal in common wealth games after 16 years.<ref name="timesofindia"/>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/nikki-pradhan-profile-2944 Nikki Pradhan] at [[Hockey India]]

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