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{{Short description|Indian field hockey player}}
{{Short description|Indian field hockey player}}
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{{Infobox field hockey player
{{Infobox field hockey player
|name=Selma D'Silva
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|birth_date={{birth date and age|1960|7|24|df=y}}
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1960|7|24|df=y}}
|birth_place=[[Mumbai]], [[India]]
|birth_place=[[Mumbai]], [[India]]
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Field hockey at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}
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{{MedalGold| [[1982 Asian Games|1982 Delhi]] | [[Field hockey at the 1982 Asian Games|Team competition]]}}
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'''Selma Juliet Christina D'Silva''' (born 24 July 1960)  is a former player for the Indian Women's [[Field hockey|Hockey Team]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Asian Recorder|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i5ttAAAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=K. K. Thomas at Recorder Press}}</ref> She represented India at the 1980 Summer Olympics<ref name="MajumdarMehta2009">{{cite book|author1=Boria Majumdar|author2=Nalin Mehta|title=India and the Olympics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E3ONAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA375|date=7 May 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-27575-4|pages=375–}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20150425213001/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/02/06/stories/2005020607371600.htm "Tommy Emar Gold Cup from today"]. ''The Hindu''</ref><ref>[http://www.timescontent.com/syndication-photos/reprint/sports/278567/rachita-panda-mistry-aparna-popat-e.html "Rachita Panda-Mistry"]. ''TimesContent''</ref> and the 1982 Asian Games along with many other international tournaments. She has also been the captain for Indian Women's Hockey Team<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Will-SRK-score-for-Indian-hockey/articleshow/2168548.cms | title=Will SRK score for Indian hockey? | newspaper=The Times of India | date=3 July 2007}}</ref> during the 1983 Woman’s World Cup Kuala Lumpur.
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
'''Selma Juliet Christina D'Silva''' (born 24 July 1960)  is a former player for the Indian Women's [[Field hockey|Hockey Team]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Asian Recorder|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i5ttAAAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=K. K. Thomas at Recorder Press}}</ref> She represented India at the 1980 Summer Olympics<ref name="MajumdarMehta2009">{{cite book|author1=Boria Majumdar|author2=Nalin Mehta|title=India and the Olympics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E3ONAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA375|date=7 May 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-27575-4|pages=375–}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20150425213001/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/02/06/stories/2005020607371600.htm "Tommy Emar Gold Cup from today"]. ''The Hindu''</ref><ref>[http://www.timescontent.com/syndication-photos/reprint/sports/278567/rachita-panda-mistry-aparna-popat-e.html "Rachita Panda-Mistry"]. ''TimesContent''</ref> and 1982 Asian Games along with many other international tournaments. She has also been the captain for Indian Women's Hockey Team<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Will-SRK-score-for-Indian-hockey/articleshow/2168548.cms | title=Will SRK score for Indian hockey? | newspaper=The Times of India | date=3 July 2007}}</ref> during the 1983 Woman’s World Cup Kuala Lumpur.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
D'Silva was born in Mumbai, and attended Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Matunga.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbais-khalsa-college-alumni-meet-on-platinum-jubilee-1642894 | title=Mumbai's Khalsa college alumni meet on platinum jubilee | publisher=DNA | date=28 January 2012}}</ref>
D'Silva was born in Mumbai, and attended Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Matunga.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbais-khalsa-college-alumni-meet-on-platinum-jubilee-1642894 | title=Mumbai's Khalsa college alumni meet on platinum jubilee | publisher=DNA | date=28 January 2012}}</ref>


In 2013, she is living in Mumbai, India.
As of 2013, she was living in Mumbai, India.


==Career in hockey==
==Career in hockey==
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In 1979 she represented India in the Woman’s World Cup Vancouver - CANADA. In 1980 represented India  at the Olympic Games in Moscow.<ref name="Albuquerque1986">{{cite book|author=Teresa Albuquerque|title=To love is to serve: Catholics of Bombay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g746AAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Heras Institute of Indian History and Culture}}</ref>
In 1979 she represented India in the Woman’s World Cup Vancouver - CANADA. In 1980 represented India  at the Olympic Games in Moscow.<ref name="Albuquerque1986">{{cite book|author=Teresa Albuquerque|title=To love is to serve: Catholics of Bombay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g746AAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Heras Institute of Indian History and Culture}}</ref>
She was on the winning team representing  India at the 1981 Asian Women’s Hockey Championship Japan,<ref>{{cite book|title=Link|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-G9DAAAAYAAJ|year=1981|publisher=United India Periodicals}}</ref> the 1981 Quadrangular Tournament Singapore, and the 1982I ndo – German Series Germany.  She represented India at the 1982 Asian Games New Delhi, and again as captain in 1983 at the World Cup Kuala Lumpur. In 1991 The Padma Shree Award was presented to her by the President Of India<ref>[http://hockeyindia.org/hall-of-fame-padma-shri-award "[[Padma Shri]] Award for outstanding civilians"]. ''Hockey India''.</ref>
She was on the winning team representing  India at the 1981 Asian Women’s Hockey Championship Japan,<ref>{{cite book|title=Link|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-G9DAAAAYAAJ|year=1981|publisher=United India Periodicals}}</ref> the 1981 Quadrangular Tournament Singapore, and the 1982I ndo – German Series Germany.  She represented India at the 1982 Asian Games New Delhi, and again as captain in 1983 at the World Cup Kuala Lumpur. In 1991 The Padma Shree Award was presented to her by the President of India.<ref>[http://hockeyindia.org/hall-of-fame-padma-shri-award "[[Padma Shri]] Award for outstanding civilians"]. ''Hockey India''.</ref>


== See also ==
==See also==
*[[India at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
*[[India at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Padma Shri Awards (1990–1999)]]
*[[Padma Shri Awards (1990–1999)]]
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{sports links}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102447/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ds/selma-dsilva-1.html Bio]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102447/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ds/selma-dsilva-1.html Bio]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110722064659/http://www.qbtpl.net/ioa/new/medal_asian.htm Medal data]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110722064659/http://www.qbtpl.net/ioa/new/medal_asian.htm Medal data]


{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Sports}}
{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Sports}}
{{India FHW Squad 1980 Summer Olympics}}
{{India FHW Squad 1982 Asian Games}}


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[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian people]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian people]]

Latest revision as of 05:43, 26 December 2021

Selma D'Silva
Personal information
Full nameSelma Juliet Christina D'Silva
Born (1960-07-24) 24 July 1960 (age 66)
Mumbai, India
Medal record

Selma Juliet Christina D'Silva (born 24 July 1960) is a former player for the Indian Women's Hockey Team.[1] She represented India at the 1980 Summer Olympics[2][3][4] and the 1982 Asian Games along with many other international tournaments. She has also been the captain for Indian Women's Hockey Team[5] during the 1983 Woman’s World Cup Kuala Lumpur.

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

D'Silva was born in Mumbai, and attended Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Matunga.[6]

As of 2013, she was living in Mumbai, India.

Career in hockey[edit | edit source]

D'Silva played for the Western Railway Woman’s Hockey Team, 1979 - 1996. She represented, Bombay, Western Railway and Indian Railways at various tournaments held all over India during these years.

In 1979 she represented India in the Woman’s World Cup Vancouver - CANADA. In 1980 represented India at the Olympic Games in Moscow.[7] She was on the winning team representing India at the 1981 Asian Women’s Hockey Championship Japan,[8] the 1981 Quadrangular Tournament Singapore, and the 1982I ndo – German Series Germany. She represented India at the 1982 Asian Games New Delhi, and again as captain in 1983 at the World Cup Kuala Lumpur. In 1991 The Padma Shree Award was presented to her by the President of India.[9]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Asian Recorder. K. K. Thomas at Recorder Press. 1981.
  2. Boria Majumdar; Nalin Mehta (7 May 2009). India and the Olympics. Routledge. pp. 375–. ISBN 978-1-135-27575-4.
  3. "Tommy Emar Gold Cup from today". The Hindu
  4. "Rachita Panda-Mistry". TimesContent
  5. "Will SRK score for Indian hockey?". The Times of India. 3 July 2007.
  6. "Mumbai's Khalsa college alumni meet on platinum jubilee". DNA. 28 January 2012.
  7. Teresa Albuquerque (1986). To love is to serve: Catholics of Bombay. Heras Institute of Indian History and Culture.
  8. Link. United India Periodicals. 1981.
  9. "Padma Shri Award for outstanding civilians". Hockey India.

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