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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian field hockey player}}<br />
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{{Infobox field hockey player<br />
| name = Sangita Kumari<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2001|12|24}}<br />
| birth_place = Karangaguri, [[Simdega district|Simdega]], [[Jharkhand]], [[India]] <br />
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| position = Forward<br />
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| clubs1 = Hockey Jharkhand<br />
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| clubs2 = [[Railways Sports Promotion Board|Railways]]<br />
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| clubs3 = [[Delhi SG Pipers]]<br />
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| nationalyears1 = 2016<br />
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national under-21 field hockey team|India U21]]<br />
| nationalcaps1 = 8<br />
| nationalgoals1 = 4<br />
| nationalyears2 = 2022–<br />
| nationalteam2 = [[India women's national field hockey team|India]]<br />
| nationalcaps2 = 71<br />
| nationalgoals2 = 30<br />
| medaltemplates = <br />
{{MedalSport|Women's [[field hockey]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalComp|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Birmingham]]|[[Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|Team]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Field hockey at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[Field hockey at the 2022 Asian Games|2022 Hangzhou]]|[[Field hockey at the 2022 Asian Games – Women's tournament|Team]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Hockey Asia Cup|Asia Cup]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2025 Women's Hockey Asia Cup|2025 Hangzhou]]|}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup|FIH Nations Cup]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2022 Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup|2022 Spain]]|}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Asian Champions Trophy|Asian Champions Trophy]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2023 Women's Asian Champions Trophy|2023 Ranchi]]|}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2024 Women's Asian Champions Trophy|2024 Rajgir]]|}}<br />
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'''Sangita Kumari''' (born 24 December 2001)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/709/reports/teams |title=Team Details – INdia |publisher=[[International Hockey Federation]] |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=10 April 2022}}</ref> is an [[Indian people|Indian]] field hockey player and member of [[India women's national field hockey team|Indian women hockey team]].<ref name="HIND">{{cite web |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/sangita-kumari-profile-2130 |title=SANGITA KUMARI |publisher=[[Hockey India]] |website=hockeyindia.org |accessdate=10 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="HA">{{cite web |url=https://hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com/people/10236 |title=KUMARI Sangita |publisher=[[Hockey Australia]] |website=hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com |accessdate=10 April 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Sangita Kumari was born in the village of Karangaguri Nawatoli in [[Simdega district]] in state of Jharkhand to Ranjit Majhi and Lakhmani Devi.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/jharkhand/ranchi/international-hockey-player-sangeeta-honored-the-village-elders-by-giving-them-dhoti-with-her-first-salary/articleshow/87555801.cms|title=पहली सैलरी मिली तो इंटरनेशनल हॉकी प्लेयर संगीता ने गांव के बुजुर्गों को गिफ्ट में दी धोती, बच्चों को गेंद|website=navbharat times|date=6 November 2021|accessdate=4 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/sports/cwg-2022-sangita-kumari-fights-all-odds-to-represent-india-in-womens-hockey-5646421.html|title=CWG 2022: Sangita Kumari Fights All Odds to Represent India in Women's Hockey|website=news18|date= 29 July 2022|accessdate=4 August 2022}}</ref> She was selected in state women hockey training centre in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://yespunjab.com/womens-hockey-team-player-sangita-kumari-brave-all-odds-to-represent-india-in-cwg-2022/|title=Women's Hockey team player Sangita Kumari braves all odds to represent India in CWG 2022|website=yespunjab|date=29 July 2022|accessdate=4 August 2022|archive-date=29 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729065331/https://yespunjab.com/womens-hockey-team-player-sangita-kumari-brave-all-odds-to-represent-india-in-cwg-2022/|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
===Under–21===<br />
In 2016, Sangita was named in the [[India women's national under-21 field hockey team|India U–21]] squad for a [[2016 Women's Hockey Under–21 Invitational Tournament|five-nations]] tournament in [[Valencia]].<ref name="FIH">{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/16314 |title=KUMARI Sangita |publisher=[[International Hockey Federation]] |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=10 April 2022}}</ref><br />
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Sangita was not named in the junior squad again until 2022, for the [[2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup|FIH Junior World Cup]] in [[Potchefstroom]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fih.hockey/events/junior-world-cup/women/fih-hockey-womens-junior-world-cup-2021-1301/teams/india-6153 |title=India |publisher=[[2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup|FIH Junior World Cup]] |website=juniorworldcup.hockey |accessdate=10 April 2022}}</ref><br />
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===National team===<br />
Sangita made her senior debut for [[India women's national field hockey team|India]] in 2022. Her first appearance was during [[2021-22 Women's FIH Pro League|season three]] of the [[Women's FIH Pro League|FIH Pro League]], in India's homes matches against [[Spain women's national field hockey team|Spain]].<ref name="FIH"/> In her debut match, she scored her first international goal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/young-hockey-striker-sangita-kumari-eyeing-bigger-laurels-after-making-successful-india-debut/articleshow/90050795.cms |title=Young hockey striker Sangita Kumari eyeing bigger laurels after making successful India debut |publisher=[[Times of India]] |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=7 March 2022 |accessdate=10 April 2022}}</ref> In [[2022 Commonwealth Games]], Indian women hockey team won bronze medal.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/sports/special-feeling-to-return-home-with-cwg-medal-young-hockey-sensation-sangita-kumari-5732125.html|title=Special Feeling to Return Home with CWG Medal: Young Hockey Sensation Sangita Kumari|publisher=news118|date=11 August 2022|accessdate=11 August 2022}}</ref><br />
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===International goals===<br />
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!style="font-size:95%;" data-sort-type=number|<br/>Goal<br />
!align=center|Date<br />
!Location<br />
!width=100|Opponent<br />
!data-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%"|Score<br />
!data-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%"|Result<br />
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| 1 || 27 February 2022 || [[Kalinga Stadium]], [[Bhubaneswar]], India || {{fhw|ESP}} || align="center"|'''1'''–1 || align="center"|3–4 || [[2021-22 Women's FIH Pro League|2021–22 FIH Pro League]] || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/players/16100 |title=India 3–4 Spain |publisher=[[International Hockey Federation]] |accessdate=10 April 2022}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{International Hockey Federation}}<br />
* [https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/sangita-kumari-profile-2130 Sangita Kumari] at [[Hockey India]]<br />
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{{India FHW Squad 2022 Commonwealth Games}}<br />
{{India FHW Squad 2022 Asian Games}}<br />
{{India FHW Squad 2025 Asia Cup}}<br />
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[[Category:2001 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian women's field hockey players]]<br />
[[Category:Women's field hockey forwards]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:Sportswomen from Jharkhand]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games field hockey players for India]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey]]<br />
[[Category:People from Simdega district]]<br />
[[Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2022 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games field hockey players for India]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in field hockey]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]<br />
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