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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian hockey midfielder (born 1984)}}<br />
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| name = Prabodh Tirkey<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|10|06}}<br />
| birth_place = Lulkidihi, [[Sundergarh]]<br>[[Odisha]], [[India]]<br />
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{{MedalBronze|[[2007 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup|2007 Malaysia]]|Team}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey Champions Challenge|Champions Challenge]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge|2007 Belgium]]|Team}}<br />
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'''Prabodh Tirkey''' (born 6 October 1984) is an Indian [[Field Hockey|hockey]] midfielder. He is a former captain of the [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian hockey team]].<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Prabodh is the younger brother of the Indian hockey player [[Ignace Tirkey]],<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/khiladi/2002/ignace.htm| title=Ignace Tirkey's Profile| access-date=17 December 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025233125/http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/khiladi/2002/ignace.htm| archive-date=25 October 2007| url-status=dead}}</ref> who also has captained the Indian Senior Team. His idol is another Indian ex-captain and one of the best defenders in world hockey, [[Dilip Tirkey]], who comes from the same town of [[Sundergarh]]. He married Sweta Tirkey at Ranchi on 28 January 2011.<br />
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==Career==<br />
In his early career he was the national captain of sub-junior, junior<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030813/sports.htm|work=The Tribune| date=13 August 2003|accessdate=17 October 2010| title=Prabodh Tirkey skipper for Poland hockey meet}}</ref> and India-A team and finally became the [[India men's national field hockey team|India senior team]] captain. He was in the Indian team which won the [[2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|2007 Asia Cup]] in [[Chennai]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://specials.rediff.com/yearend/2007/dec/04yrend4.htm| title= Prabodh Tirkey: Chak De!}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
*2001 [[Ekalavya Puraskar]]<br />
*2009 [[Biju Patnaik State Sports Award]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{India FH Squad 2006 World Cup}}<br />
{{India FH Squad 2006 Commonwealth Games}}<br />
{{India FH Squad 2007 Asia Cup}}<br />
{{India FH Squad 2010 Asian Games}}<br />
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[[Category:1984 births]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players from Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Christians]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in field hockey]]<br />
[[Category:World Series Hockey players]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2010 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male field hockey players]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games]]</div>->Lancepark