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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Sushila Chanu was born on 25 February 1992 in [[Imphal]], [[Manipur]], to Pukhrambam Shyamsundar and Pukhrambam Ongbi Lata.<ref name="aggarwal">{{cite web \|last1=Aggarwal \|first1=Shreeda \|title=Know Your Olympian: Sushila Chanu, The ~~Women’s~~ Hockey Team Captain \|url=https://www.thequint.com/sports/2016/07/13/know-your-olympian-sushila-chanu-the-womens-hockey-team-captain-rio-olympics \|website=[[Raghav Bahl#The Quint\|The Quint]] \|accessdate=26 April 2017 \|date=13 July 2016}}</ref> Her father is a driver and her mother is a home maker. Her great grandfather, Pukhrambam Angangcha was a successful [[polo]] player. Chanu is the second born child in the family; she has an elder sister and a younger brother.<ref name="mangang">{{cite web \|last1=Mangang \|first1=Prabin \|title=~~Manipur’s~~ Rising Star – Sushila Chanu \|url=http://www.manipurtimes.com/manipurs-rising-star-sushila-chanu/ \|website=Manipur Times \|accessdate=27 April 2017 \|date=28 August 2016}}</ref> Drawn towards sports from a young age, Chanu's interest increased after she accompanied her father to watch a football match during the [[National Games of India\|1999 National Games]] hosted in Manipur.<ref name="aggarwal"/>		Sushila Chanu was born on 25 February 1992 in [[Imphal]], [[Manipur]], to Pukhrambam Shyamsundar and Pukhrambam Ongbi Lata.<ref name="aggarwal">{{cite web \|last1=Aggarwal \|first1=Shreeda \|title=Know Your Olympian: Sushila Chanu, The Women's Hockey Team Captain \|url=https://www.thequint.com/sports/2016/07/13/know-your-olympian-sushila-chanu-the-womens-hockey-team-captain-rio-olympics \|website=[[Raghav Bahl#The Quint\|The Quint]] \|accessdate=26 April 2017 \|date=13 July 2016}}</ref> Her father is a driver and her mother is a home maker. Her great grandfather, Pukhrambam Angangcha was a successful [[polo]] player. Chanu is the second born child in the family; she has an elder sister and a younger brother.<ref name="mangang">{{cite web \|last1=Mangang \|first1=Prabin \|title=Manipur's Rising Star – Sushila Chanu \|url=http://www.manipurtimes.com/manipurs-rising-star-sushila-chanu/ \|website=Manipur Times \|accessdate=27 April 2017 \|date=28 August 2016}}</ref> Drawn towards sports from a young age, Chanu's interest increased after she accompanied her father to watch a football match during the [[National Games of India\|1999 National Games]] hosted in Manipur.<ref name="aggarwal"/>

	Chanu began playing hockey at the stadium the age of eleven, having been encouraged by her uncle to pick up the sport. He got her enrolled at the Posterior Hockey Academy in Manipur in 2002. Chanu began playing in the Inter-school tournaments, and was subsequently selected for the team participating in Sub-junior and Junior National Hockey Championships, where she caught the attention of the national selection committee.<ref name="mangang"/> She is employed in the Central Mumbai Railway as a senior ticket collector, and resides in the Railways department's accommodations in [[Sion, Mumbai]].<ref name="ray">{{cite web \|last1=Ray \|first1=Sarit \|title=Ahead of Dhoni biopic, meet Sushila Chanu, Indian ~~women’s~~ hockey captain \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/a-tc-and-an-india-captain/story-nno3Z12ZXC2sTrWYx3bu9J.html \|website=[[Hindustan Times]] \|accessdate=26 April 2017 \|date=28 September 2016}}</ref>		Chanu began playing hockey at the stadium the age of eleven, having been encouraged by her uncle to pick up the sport. He got her enrolled at the Posterior Hockey Academy in Manipur in 2002. Chanu began playing in the Inter-school tournaments, and was subsequently selected for the team participating in Sub-junior and Junior National Hockey Championships, where she caught the attention of the national selection committee.<ref name="mangang"/> She is employed in the Central Mumbai Railway as a senior ticket collector, and resides in the Railways department's accommodations in [[Sion, Mumbai]].<ref name="ray">{{cite web \|last1=Ray \|first1=Sarit \|title=Ahead of Dhoni biopic, meet Sushila Chanu, Indian women's hockey captain \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/a-tc-and-an-india-captain/story-nno3Z12ZXC2sTrWYx3bu9J.html \|website=[[Hindustan Times]] \|accessdate=26 April 2017 \|date=28 September 2016}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
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	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==
	Sushila has been described as soft spoken and also works as a junior ticket collector in the Central Mumbai Railway since 2010, a post she got through sports quota. She shares her flat with another hockey player and she shared in an interview that she is able to go home only once a year.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/a-tc-and-an-india-captain/story-nno3Z12ZXC2sTrWYx3bu9J.html \|title=Ahead of Dhoni biopic, meet Sushila Chanu, Indian ~~women’s~~ hockey captain \|date=2016-09-27 \|work=[[Hindustan Times]] \|access-date=2018-07-28 \|language=en}}</ref>		Sushila has been described as soft spoken and also works as a junior ticket collector in the Central Mumbai Railway since 2010, a post she got through sports quota. She shares her flat with another hockey player and she shared in an interview that she is able to go home only once a year.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/a-tc-and-an-india-captain/story-nno3Z12ZXC2sTrWYx3bu9J.html \|title=Ahead of Dhoni biopic, meet Sushila Chanu, Indian women's hockey captain \|date=2016-09-27 \|work=[[Hindustan Times]] \|access-date=2018-07-28 \|language=en}}</ref>

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	*[https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/sushila-chanu-pukhrambam-profile-256 Sushila Chanu] at [[Hockey India]]		*[https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/sushila-chanu-pukhrambam-profile-256 Sushila Chanu] at [[Hockey India]]

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'''Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam''' (born 25 February 1992) is an Indian [[field hockey]] player. A former captain of [[India women's national field hockey team|Indian national team]], she has a total of 150 international [[Cap (sport)|caps]] to her credit. Born in [[Imphal]], [[Manipur]], Chanu began playing hockey at the age of eleven, and was soon selected for the national camp.

Chanu rose to prominence in 2013, when she led the junior women's team to a bronze medal finish at the [[2013 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup|Women's Hockey Junior World Cup]] at [[Mönchengladbach]]. She then made her debut in the senior national team, and was part of the squad that won the bronze medal at the [[2014 Asian Games]] held at [[Incheon]].

Chanu was also praised for her performance at the [[2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals]] where the Indian team upstaged such higher ranked teams as Japan for a fifth-place finish. Chanu also led the team at [[Rio Olympics]]. She plays as a halfback for the team.

==Early life==
Sushila Chanu was born on 25 February 1992 in [[Imphal]], [[Manipur]], to Pukhrambam Shyamsundar and Pukhrambam Ongbi Lata.<ref name="aggarwal">{{cite web |last1=Aggarwal |first1=Shreeda |title=Know Your Olympian: Sushila Chanu, The Women’s Hockey Team Captain |url=https://www.thequint.com/sports/2016/07/13/know-your-olympian-sushila-chanu-the-womens-hockey-team-captain-rio-olympics |website=[[Raghav Bahl#The Quint|The Quint]] |accessdate=26 April 2017 |date=13 July 2016}}</ref> Her father is a driver and her mother is a home maker. Her great grandfather, Pukhrambam Angangcha was a successful [[polo]] player. Chanu is the second born child in the family; she has an elder sister and a younger brother.<ref name="mangang">{{cite web |last1=Mangang |first1=Prabin |title=Manipur’s Rising Star – Sushila Chanu |url=http://www.manipurtimes.com/manipurs-rising-star-sushila-chanu/ |website=Manipur Times |accessdate=27 April 2017 |date=28 August 2016}}</ref> Drawn towards sports from a young age, Chanu's interest increased after she accompanied her father to watch a football match during the [[National Games of India|1999 National Games]] hosted in Manipur.<ref name="aggarwal"/>

Chanu began playing hockey at the stadium the age of eleven, having been encouraged by her uncle to pick up the sport. He got her enrolled at the Posterior Hockey Academy in Manipur in 2002. Chanu began playing in the Inter-school tournaments, and was subsequently selected for the team participating in Sub-junior and Junior National Hockey Championships, where she caught the attention of the national selection committee.<ref name="mangang"/> She is employed in the Central Mumbai Railway as a senior ticket collector, and resides in the Railways department's accommodations in [[Sion, Mumbai]].<ref name="ray">{{cite web |last1=Ray |first1=Sarit |title=Ahead of Dhoni biopic, meet Sushila Chanu, Indian women’s hockey captain |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/a-tc-and-an-india-captain/story-nno3Z12ZXC2sTrWYx3bu9J.html |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |accessdate=26 April 2017 |date=28 September 2016}}</ref>

==Career==
===2008–2013: Junior career and World Cup bronze===
Chanu plays as a halfback and has garnered attention for her defensive skills. She made her international debut at the [[Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup|2008 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup]], held in [[Kuala Lumpur]], where India won a bronze medal. In 2009, she was dropped out of the team because of fitness issues for a brief period. During that time she graduated from the Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy, completing her course, and joined the joined Central Railways, Mumbai as Junior Ticket Collector.<ref name="mangang"/>

Chanu rose to international attention when she led the Indian junior team to a bronze medal finish at the [[2013 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup|2013 Junior World Cup]] at [[Mönchengladbach]], [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Junior hockey skipper Chanu eager to inspire peers |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Hockey/Junior-hockey-skipper-Chanu-eager-to-inspire-peers/Article1-1104889.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130809094758/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Hockey/Junior-hockey-skipper-Chanu-eager-to-inspire-peers/Article1-1104889.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 August 2013 |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=8 August 2013 |accessdate=9 August 2013}}</ref>

===2014–present: Senior career, captaincy and Olympic debut===
Chanu made her international debut in the senior national field hockey squad after the world cup win, and played a clinical role in the team reaching the semifinals of the [[2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals|2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League]] held at [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]]. On returning home Chanu along with [[Anuradha Thokchom]] and Lily Chanu Mayengbam were praised for their contributions in the Indian women's hockey squad. The three women hockey players were given warm reception in their hometown.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=Sport5..010815.aug15 |title=3 key Indian women hockey team members from Manipur felicitated |publisher=E-Pao |date=31 July 2015 |accessdate=27 April 2017}}</ref>

Ahead of the 2016 [[Rio Olympics]], Chanu was named the captain of the national team.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sushila to lead Indian women's hockey team in Rio Olympics |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/sushila-to-lead-indian-women-s-hockey-team-in-rio-olympics-116071200855_1.html |work=[[Business Standard]] |date=12 July 2016 |accessdate=13 July 2016}}</ref> She led the team at the four-nation tournament in Australia that was held in May.<ref name="aggarwal"/> Prior to the Olympics, she struggled with a major knee injury that had her consider a knee reconstruction surgery. She returned to training after receiving eight weeks of rest and physiotherapy. Under her leadership the Indian women's team played at the Olympics after a gap of 36 years, having qualified in Antwerp. On having qualified for the Olympics she said, "At the [[2012 Summer Olympics|London Olympics]] (2012), we didn’t qualify. The girls saw the opening ceremony at camp in [[Bhopal]]. We wanted to get there one day". However, the team finished in last place in their pool with losses against higher-ranked teams including eventual champions England.<ref name="ray"/>

Chanu played her 150th international match in [[Madrid, Spain]] during the Indian national team's June 2018 tour of Spain. She said of the feat: "I had always dreamed of representing the country, at least once, in my lifetime, but to have [150 caps] makes me very proud".<ref name="150caps">{{cite web |title=Indian defender Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam completes 150 international caps |url=https://www.sportstarlive.com/hockey/indian-defender-sushila-chanu-pukhrambam-completes-150-international-caps/article24164567.ece |work=[[Sportstar]] |accessdate=17 July 2018 |date=14 June 2018}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Sushila has been described as soft spoken and also works as a junior ticket collector in the Central Mumbai Railway since 2010, a post she got through sports quota. She shares her flat with another hockey player and she shared in an interview that she is able to go home only once a year.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/a-tc-and-an-india-captain/story-nno3Z12ZXC2sTrWYx3bu9J.html |title=Ahead of Dhoni biopic, meet Sushila Chanu, Indian women’s hockey captain |date=2016-09-27 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |access-date=2018-07-28 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/sushila-chanu-pukhrambam-profile-256 Sushila Chanu] at [[Hockey India]]

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