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{{Short description|Indian field hockey player (born 2003)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Ropni Kumari
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|11|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Simdega district|Simdega]], [[Jharkhand]], [[India]]
| height =
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| position = Defender
| years1 =
| clubs1 = Hockey Jharkhand
| caps1 =
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| years2 =
| clubs2 = [[Railways Sports Promotion Board|Railways]]
| caps2 =
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| 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]]|}}
}}
'''Ropni Kumari''' (born 16 November 2003)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ropni Kumari - Hockey India |url=https://hockeyindia.org/players/ropni-kumari-profile-8908 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=hockeyindia.org}}</ref> is an Indian field hockey player from [[Jharkhand]]. She plays for the [[India women's national field hockey team]] as a defender. She plays for [[Railways Sports Promotion Board|Railway Sports Promotion Board]] and Hockey Jharkhand in the domestic tournaments. She played for [[Ranchi University]] in the [[Khelo India University Games|2nd Khelo India University games]] at Bengaluru in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hockey India: Altiusrt |url=https://hockeyindia.altiusrt.com/people/23796 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=hockeyindia.altiusrt.com}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Kumari is from Simdega, Jharkhand.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-11-09 |title=Three girls from Simdega get India call-up again |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/three-girls-from-simdega-get-india-call-up-again/articleshow/105103315.cms |access-date=2025-02-02 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> She joined the South Easter Railways at Ranchi Rail Division in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=जूनियर भारतीय महिला हॉकी टीम की सदस्य रोपनी कुमारी को रेलवे में नौकरी, अभी बेंगलुरु के नेशनल कैंप में ले रहीं है हिस्सा |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/jharkhand/ranchi/junior-indian-women-hockey-team-member-ropani-kumari-got-a-job-in-railways-currently-taking-part-in-national-camp-in-bengaluru/articleshow/104913911.cms |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref>

== Career ==
She played all the six matches as part of the Junior India team at the 2023 Women's FIH Hockey Junior Asia Cup in June 2023 at [[Kakamigahara]], where India won the gold.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=International Hockey Federation |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/30062 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=tms.fih.ch}}</ref> Later in August 2023, she participated in the 4 Nations Junior Women's invitational tournament at [[Düsseldorf]]. Then in November, she played the [[2023 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup]] at Santiago.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-08 |title=FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup: India beat South Korea in 9th-12th classification match |url=https://scroll.in/field/1060273/fih-hockey-womens-junior-world-cup-india-beat-south-korea-in-9th-12th-classification-match |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref> In May 2024, she was part of the Indian National camp at [[Bengaluru]] and was selected to the core Senior Indian team probables and was selected to play the FIH Hockey Pro League for women in 2023-2024 but could not make her debut.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title='Learning experience to train alongside senior players': Ropni Kumari |url=https://thebridge.in/hockey/ropni-kumari-women-hockey-team-defender-views-on-previous-year-47016#google_vignette |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref> Now she is listed to play the 2024-2025 Pro League in February 2025 at [[Bhubaneswar]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hockey India names 33-member core probable group for National Women's Coaching Camp |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/hockey/hockey-india-names-33-member-core-probable-group-for-national-womens-coaching-camp20240914231108/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=ANI News |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kumari, Ropni}}
[[Category:2003 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian women's field hockey players]]
[[Category:Field hockey players from Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Jharkhand]]
[[Category:People from Simdega district]]
[[Category:Women's field hockey defenders]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]

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