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* [http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/khiladi/deepak.htm Deepak Thakur Sonkhla profile] at bharatiyahockey.org | * [http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/khiladi/deepak.htm Deepak Thakur Sonkhla profile] at bharatiyahockey.org | ||
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 Thakur (right) receiving the Arjuna Award from President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (left), 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Deepak Thakur Sonkhla | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 December 1980 Bhamowal, Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Deepak Thakur Sonkhla (popularly known as Deepak Thakur) is a hockey forward in Indian team.
Family[edit]
Thakur's father is an ex-serviceman and his mother a house-wife. His younger sister is a national badminton player.
Career[edit]
Junior level[edit]
Thakur became popular after his solo effort, A goal poacher, Deepak Thakur rose from the junior ranks when he scored a hat-trick in the 2001 Junior World Cup final against Australia leading India to the titleard showing 6–1. He finished the tournament with ten goals and was named the 'top scorer of the world cup . Born in hoshiarpur, Punjab. Thakur took up hockey on his father's insistence and was among the most consistent scorers in 2003, when Indian hockey made considerable progress winning four tournaments. Thakur made up for one of the most lethal attack line along with Gagan Ajit Singh and Prabhjot Singh, in a career spanning over eight years. Has played in 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Olympics.
Senior level[edit]
He debuted for the senior national team in June 1999 against Germany. He was part of national squad in 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Olympic.
Awards[edit]
He was awarded Arjuna Award[1] in 2004 for taking Indian hockey to next higher level.[2]
References[edit]
- ↑ "India hockey team has good momentum: Deepak Thakur". The Indian Express. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ↑ "Deepak 'Arjuna' Thakur epitome of avant-garde hockey". The Tribune. 30 August 2005. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
External links[edit]
- Interview with Deepak Thakur : Beacon of Indian hockey
- Deepak Thakur Sonkhla profile at bharatiyahockey.org
- Pages using Infobox sportsperson with unknown parameters
- Pages using national squad without team link and with an atypical sport
- 1980 births
- Male field hockey forwards
- Articles with a promotional tone from August 2010
- Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Living people
- Olympic field hockey players of India
- Sportspeople from Hoshiarpur
- Recipients of the Arjuna Award
- Field hockey players from Punjab, India
- Asian Games medalists in field hockey
- World Series Hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 2002 Asian Games
- Indian male field hockey players
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for India