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	'''Rani Rampal''' (born 4 December 1994) is an Indian [[field hockey]] player.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Rani Rampal \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/international-athletes/9427387/Rani-Rampal.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204123407/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/international-athletes/9427387/Rani-Rampal.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=4 February 2015 \|newspaper=The Telegraph \|access-date=26 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite ~~web~~ \|title=Rani Rampal profile \|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/5ec8551a-320b-4ce5-9f24-4a378232123a ~~\|publisher=BBC~~ \|access-date=26 January 2013}}</ref> At the age of 15, she was the youngest player in the national team which participated in the [[2010 Women's Hockey World Cup\|2010 World Cup]]. She has completed her schooling but was not able to get the graduate degree due to practice sessions and matches which were lined up. She plays forward on her team. She has played 212 international matches and scored 134 goals. She is currently the Captain for Indian Women's Hockey Team.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/missing-medal-in-commonwealth-games-still-haunts-me-says-rani-rampal/story-j18aHfLjc5JXpieI3k5TcL.html \|title=Missing medal in Commonwealth Games still haunts me, says Rani Rampal \|date=1 July 2018 \|work=hindustantimes.com \|access-date=28 July 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> She is also well known as a striker who often doubles up as mid-fielder.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/hockey/ritu-rani-rio-olympics-2016-let-the-girls-play/ \|title=Why Rani Rampal, India's finest forward in women's hockey, struggles to survive \|date=19 July 2015 \|work=The Indian Express \|access-date=28 July 2018 \|language=en-US}}</ref> She has a great fascination with CWG. In 2020, the [[Government of India]] honoured her with the [[Padma Shri]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Padma Awards 2020 Announced \|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=197647 \|website=pib.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|author=The Hindu Net Desk \|title=Full list of 2020 Padma awardees \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/full-list-of-2020-padma-awardees/article30656841.ece \|work=The Hindu \|date=26 January 2020 \|language=en-IN}}</ref>		'''Rani Rampal''' (born 4 December 1994, born in Haryana) is an Indian [[field hockey]] player.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Rani Rampal \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/international-athletes/9427387/Rani-Rampal.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204123407/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/international-athletes/9427387/Rani-Rampal.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=4 February 2015 \|newspaper=The Telegraph \|access-date=26 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Rani Rampal profile \|work=BBC Sport \|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/5ec8551a-320b-4ce5-9f24-4a378232123a \|access-date=26 January 2013}}</ref> At the age of 15, she was the youngest player in the national team which participated in the [[2010 Women's Hockey World Cup\|2010 World Cup]]. She has completed her schooling but was not able to get the graduate degree due to practice sessions and matches which were lined up. She plays forward on her team. She has played 212 international matches and scored 134 goals. She is currently the Captain for Indian Women's Hockey Team.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/missing-medal-in-commonwealth-games-still-haunts-me-says-rani-rampal/story-j18aHfLjc5JXpieI3k5TcL.html \|title=Missing medal in Commonwealth Games still haunts me, says Rani Rampal \|date=1 July 2018 \|work=hindustantimes.com \|access-date=28 July 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> She is also well known as a striker who often doubles up as mid-fielder.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/hockey/ritu-rani-rio-olympics-2016-let-the-girls-play/ \|title=Why Rani Rampal, India's finest forward in women's hockey, struggles to survive \|date=19 July 2015 \|work=The Indian Express \|access-date=28 July 2018 \|language=en-US}}</ref> She has a great fascination with CWG. In 2020, the [[Government of India]] honoured her with the [[Padma Shri]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Padma Awards 2020 Announced \|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=197647 \|website=pib.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|author=The Hindu Net Desk \|title=Full list of 2020 Padma awardees \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/full-list-of-2020-padma-awardees/article30656841.ece \|work=The Hindu \|date=26 January 2020 \|language=en-IN}}</ref>

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{{short description|Indian field hockey player}}
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{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Rani Rampal
| image = XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Rani Rampal of India scoring the India’s only goal against Australia, in Women’s Hockey Match, at Major Dhyanchand National Stadium, in New Delhi on October 06, 2010.jpg
| caption = Rampal (''in blue'') at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|12|4}}
| birth_place = [[Shahabad Markanda]], [[Haryana]], India
| height = 1.65 m
| weight = 60 kg
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Hockey Haryana
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| nationalgoals1 = 118
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'''Rani Rampal''' (born 4 December 1994) is an Indian [[field hockey]] player.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rani Rampal |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/international-athletes/9427387/Rani-Rampal.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204123407/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/international-athletes/9427387/Rani-Rampal.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 February 2015 |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=26 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rani Rampal profile |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/5ec8551a-320b-4ce5-9f24-4a378232123a |publisher=BBC |access-date=26 January 2013}}</ref> At the age of 15, she was the youngest player in the national team which participated in the [[2010 Women's Hockey World Cup|2010 World Cup]]. She has completed her schooling but was not able to get the graduate degree due to practice sessions and matches which were lined up. She plays forward on her team. She has played 212 international matches and scored 134 goals. She is currently the Captain for Indian Women's Hockey Team.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/missing-medal-in-commonwealth-games-still-haunts-me-says-rani-rampal/story-j18aHfLjc5JXpieI3k5TcL.html |title=Missing medal in Commonwealth Games still haunts me, says Rani Rampal |date=1 July 2018 |work=hindustantimes.com |access-date=28 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref> She is also well known as a striker who often doubles up as mid-fielder.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/hockey/ritu-rani-rio-olympics-2016-let-the-girls-play/ |title=Why Rani Rampal, India's finest forward in women's hockey, struggles to survive |date=19 July 2015 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=28 July 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> She has a great fascination with CWG. In 2020, the [[Government of India]] honoured her with the [[Padma Shri]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Padma Awards 2020 Announced |url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=197647 |website=pib.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=The Hindu Net Desk |title=Full list of 2020 Padma awardees |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/full-list-of-2020-padma-awardees/article30656841.ece |work=The Hindu |date=26 January 2020 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==Early life==
Rani was born on 4 December 1994 in [[Shahabad Markanda]] in the [[Kurukshetra district]] of [[Haryana]]. Her father works as a cart-puller. She was registered in the town's team by the age of 6. Initially her abilities were questioned but later on she demonstrated her potential to her coach. She took to field hockey in 2003 and trained at the Shahabad Hockey Academy under Baldev Singh, a recipient of [[Dronacharya Award]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Haryana cart-puller's daughter is hockey's shining young star |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/haryana-cartpullers-daughter-is-hockeys-shining-young-star/1151666/0 |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=6 August 2013 |access-date=6 August 2013}}</ref> She first came to Junior Nationals in Gwalior and at Chandigarh School Nationals and she was later admitted into national squad.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://scroll.in/field/873189/2018-is-the-year-for-womens-hockey-to-make-a-start-interview-with-captain-rani-rampal |title='2018 is the year for women's hockey to make a start': Interview with captain Rani Rampal |last=Sudevan |first=Praveen |work=Scroll.in |access-date=28 July 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> She made her Senior year debut when she was only 14 years, which made her the youngest player in the Indian Women's Hockey team. As she started to play professionally, [[GoSports Foundation]], a sports non-governmental organization provided her with monetary and non-monetary support as her family found it hard to support her dreams financially.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rani named best young player at Women's Hockey World Cup |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-13/hockey/28250020_1_rani-rampal-luciana-aymar-argentina |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928222620/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-13/hockey/28250020_1_rani-rampal-luciana-aymar-argentina |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 September 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=13 September 2010}}</ref> She was part of Indian Hockey Team when the team qualified for [[2016 Rio Olympics]] after 36 years. Under her Captaincy India reached in the semifinal in [[2020 Tokyo Olympics]] first time in the history of India after inclusion of Women's hockey in olympics.

==Career==
Rani played in the [[2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge|Champion's Challenge Tournament]] held in [[Kazan]], [[Russia]] in June 2009 and powered India to a win by scoring 4 goals in the finals. She was adjudged "The Top Goal Scorer" and the "Young Player of the Tournament."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fih.ch/en/fih/awards/allstar/ |title=Home – FIH }}</ref>

She was instrumental in winning the silver medal for the Indian team in the [[Women's Hockey Asia Cup|Asia Cup]] held in Nov 2009. After playing with India's national team at 2010 Commonwealth Games and 2010 Asian Games, Rani Rampal was nominated in [[International Hockey Federation|FIH]] Women's All-Star Team of 2010. She was nominated for ' young woman player of the year' award.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/Rani-Ramphal-among-nominees/article15797928.ece |title=Rani Ramphal among nominees |date=30 October 2010 |work=The Hindu |access-date=28 July 2018 |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She was also included the All-Star team of the Asian Hockey Federation based on her performance in 2010 Asian Games at Guangzhou.

At the 2010 [[Women’s Hockey World Cup]] held in [[Rosario, Argentina]], she scored a total of seven goals which placed [[India]] in the ninth position in World Women's hockey rankings. This is India's best performance since 1978. She is the only Indian to be nominated for the FIH Women's Young Player of the Year Award, 2010. She was conferred the "Best Young Player of the Tournament" award at the Women's Hockey World Cup 2010, recognizing her stellar performance as the top field goal scorer in the tournament.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rani Rampal Wins 'Young Player of the Tournament' |url=http://www.sportstrack.in/2010/09/rani-rampal-wins-young-player-of-the-tournament/ |publisher=Sportstrack |date=15 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218001534/http://www.sportstrack.in/2010/09/rani-rampal-wins-young-player-of-the-tournament/ |archive-date=18 February 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> She was awarded with the Arjuna award in 2016 which was like one of her dreams come true.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://nationalbuzz.in/rani-rampals-dream-comes-true-gets-arjuna-award/ |title=Rani Rampal's Dream Comes True, Gets Arjuna Award|date=1 September 2016|work=National Buzz|access-date=28 July 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

She was also adjudged the 'Player of the Tournament' at the [[2013 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup|2013 Junior World Cup]] which India finished with a bronze medal.<ref>{{cite news |title=India Eves Claim Historic Bronze Medal In The FIH Junior Women Hockey World Cup 2013 |url=http://hockeyindia.org/news/india-eves-claim-historic-bronze-medal-in-the-fih-junior-women-hockey-world-cup-2013.html |publisher=[[Hockey India]] |date=5 August 2013 |access-date=6 August 2013}}</ref> She has been named for [[FICCI]] Comeback of the Year Award 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=FICCI announces the Winners of India Sports Awards for 2014 |url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/02/ficci-announces-the-winners-of-india-sports-awards-for-2014/ |work=IANS |publisher=news.biharprabha.com |access-date=14 February 2014}}</ref> In 2013 Junior World Cup she made India won its first ever bronze medal at the event.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/sports/heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-rani-rampal-the-goto-player-of-indian-womens-hockey-team-234514.html |title=Mee Rani Rampal – Daughter Of A Cart-Puller On Whom India's Women's Hockey Hopes Ride In Rio |work=indiatimes.com |access-date=28 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

She was part of 2017 Women's Asian Cup, and they also won the title second time in 2017 at Kakamigahara in Japan,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://currentaffairs.gktoday.in/indian-womens-hockey-team-wins-2017-asia-cup-title-11201749714.html |title=Indian women's hockey team wins 2017 Asia Cup title |date=6 November 2017 |work=Current Affairs Today |access-date=28 July 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> for the first time the trophy was brought in year 2004, due to this they got selected for world cup which was held in 2018.

She led the Indian women's hockey team as captain in [[2018 Asian Games]], where they won a silver medal and was India's flag-bearer for the closing ceremony of the games.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/asian-games-2018/asian-games-2018-rani-rampal-named-indias-flag-bearer-for-closing-ceremony-1909930 |title=Asian Games 2018: Rani Rampal Named India's Flag-Bearer For Closing Ceremony |last=Tirkey |first=Joy |date=2 September 2018 |work=NDTV |access-date=3 September 2018}}</ref>

She worked as Assistant Coach with Sports Authority Of India.<ref name=":0" />

==Awards==
*[[Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna]] (2020) - Highest Sporting Honour of India.
*[[Padma Shri]] (2020) - fourth Highest Indian National Honour

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/rani-profile-264 Rani Rampal] at [[Hockey India]]

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Sports}}
{{Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees}}
{{Captains of Indian national sports teams}}
{{India FHW Squad 2014 Asian Games}}
{{India FHW Squad 2016 Summer Olympics}}
{{India FHW Squad 2017 Asia Cup}}
{{India FHW Squad 2018 World Cup}}
{{India FHW Squad 2018 Asian Games}}
{{India FHW Squad 2020 Summer Olympics}}

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