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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian field hockey player (born 2001)}}<br />
{{Infobox field hockey player<br />
| name = Sanjay Rana<br />
| image = Sanjay Rana in January 2025.jpg<br />
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| caption = Rana in 2025<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|5|5|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Dabra, [[Hisar district|Hisar]], [[Haryana]], India<br />
| height = <br />
| position = Defender<br />
| currentclub = <br />
| years1 = <br />
| clubs1 = Hockey Haryana<br />
| years2 = 2024–<br />
| clubs2 = [[Kalinga Lancers]]<br />
| nationalyears1 = 2017–2021<br />
| nationalteam1 = [[India men's national under-21 field hockey team|India U21]]<br />
| nationalcaps1 = 23<br />
| nationalgoals1 = 13<br />
| nationalyears2 = 2023–<br />
| nationalteam2 = [[India men's national field hockey team|India]]<br />
| nationalcaps2 = 85<br />
| nationalgoals2 = 9<br />
| medaltemplates = <br />
{{MedalSport|Men's [[field hockey]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]|[[Field hockey at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2022 Asian Games|2022 Hangzhou]]|[[Field hockey at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's tournament|Team]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's Hockey Asia Cup|Asia Cup]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2025 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|2025 Rajgir]]|}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Hockey Champions Trophy|Asian Champions Trophy]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2023 Men's Asian Champions Trophy|2023 Chennai]]|}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2024 Men's Asian Champions Trophy|2024 Hulunbuir]]|}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Youth Olympic Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2018 Summer Youth Olympics|2018 Buenos Aires]]|[[Field hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament|Team]]}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Sanjay Rana''' (born 5 May 2001) is an [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian hockey player]] who plays as a defender.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hope our gold medal at Asian Games will inspire kids of Chandigarh Hockey Academy: Sanjay |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/hope-gold-medal-asian-games-inspire-chandigarh-hockey-academy-sanjay-8982183/ |website=The Indian Express |date=14 October 2023 |access-date=10 August 2024 }}</ref> He is also one of the second drag flickers for the Indian team which won gold medal in [[2022 Asian Games]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Asian Games Results |url=https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/hockey/result-men-fnl-000200-.htm |access-date=6 October 2023 |website=2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou |archive-date=8 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008232508/https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/hockey/result-men-fnl-000200-.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was part of the Indian team that won a bronze medal at the [[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris Olympics]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2024-07-23 |title='This opportunity motivates me to work even harder and contribute to our team's success,' says Sanjay on playing in his maiden Olympics in Paris |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/news/this-opportunity-motivates-me-to-work-even-harder-and-contribute-to-our-teams-success-says-sanjay-on-playing-in-his-maiden-olympics-in-paris |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=Hockey India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-06-26 |title=Five Olympic debutants in Indian men's hockey squad for Paris 2024 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/paris-olympics-2024/five-olympic-debutants-in-indian-mens-hockey-squad-for-paris-2024/articleshow/111285205.cms |access-date=2024-07-23 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Rana hails from Dabra village, near Hisar, in Haryana.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2023-06-29 |title=Back from wilderness, Sanjay aims to fill big shoes |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/hockey/back-from-wilderness-sanjay-aims-to-fill-big-shoes-101688060407478.html |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> He played for Chandigarh in his initial years as a junior but later represented Haryana state in the domestic events.<ref name=":1" /> From 2011 to 2017, he trained at the Chandigarh Hockey Academy. He is an alumnus of [[Chandigarh University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Glorius Stars: CU |url=https://www.cuchd.in/campus-life/glorious-stars-cu.php |access-date=10 August 2024 |website=cuchd.in }}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
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* Rana was part of the Indian hockey squad that won the gold at the 2022 [[Asian Games]] at [[Hangzhou]], [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-26 |title=Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023 |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/asian-games-2023-full-list-of-634-indian-athletes-who-will-take-part-in-hangzhou-event-13042652.html |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=Firstpost |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ANI |date=2023-09-22 |title="Moment of pride to wear India jersey at Asian Games": Hockey team defender Sanjay |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/hockey/moment-of-pride-to-wear-india-jersey-at-asian-games-hockey-team-defender-sanjay20230922203511/ |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=www.aninews.in}}</ref> <br />
* 2023: In August, he was part of the Senior India team that played the Champions Trophy at Chennai, India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=SANJAY {{!}} India hockey player |url=https://www.fih.hockey/events/fih-pro-league/teams/men/player/sanjay-18703 |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=International Hockey Federation |language=en}}</ref><br />
* 2023: In July, he represented the Senior Indian team at the 4-Nations Men's Invitational Tournament at Barcelona, Spain.<ref name=":0" /><br />
* 2022: In June/July, he made his Senior India debut at the FIH Hockey Pro-League in London and Eindhoven.<ref name=":0" /><br />
* 2022: In June, he played for India in the Hockey5s at the Hero FIH Hockey5s at Lausanne, Switzerland.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-06-12 |title=Chd Hockey Academy product Sanjay eyes senior team berth |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/chd-hockey-academy-product-sanjay-eyes-senior-team-berth/articleshow/92153550.cms |access-date=2023-10-03 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
* 2021: In May, he played for Junior India team at the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's Junior World Cup at Bhubaneswar, India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sanjay Profile |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/sanjay-profile-4313 |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=Hockey India |language=en}}</ref><br />
* 2019: In June, he played for the Indian Under-21 team at the 8-Nations Invitational Tournament (U 21) at Madrid, Spain.<br />
* 2018: He was part of the Indian team that won the 3rd Youth Olympic Games at Argentina.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2018-10-15 |title=Youth Olympics: India pockets silver in hockey |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/hockey/youth-olympics-india-pockets-silver-in-hockey/article25224810.ece |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-11-26 |title=Could Sanjay be Indian hockey's next Rupinder Pal Singh? |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/could-sanjay-be-indias-next-rupinder-pal-singh/articleshow/87931599.cms |access-date=2023-10-03 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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*[https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/sanjay-profile-4313 Sanjay] at [[Hockey India]]<br />
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{{India FH Squad 2022 Asian Games}}<br />
{{India FH Squad 2024 Summer Olympics}}<br />
{{India FH Squad 2025 Asia Cup}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian men's field hockey players]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]<br />
[[Category:People from Hisar district]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players from Haryana]]<br />
[[Category:Men's field hockey defenders]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic field hockey players for India]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2022 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games field hockey players for India]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]<br />
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