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'''Mariana Kujur''' (24 April 1999)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mariana Kujur Profile |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/mariana-kujur-profile-1768 |access-date=2023 | {{Short description|Indian hockey player}} | ||
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{{Infobox field hockey player | |||
| name = Mariana Kujur | |||
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|4|24|df=y}} | |||
| birth_place = Timna, [[Odisha]], India | |||
| height = | |||
| weight = | |||
| position = Forward | |||
| currentclub = [[Railway Sports Promotion Board]] | |||
| years1 = | |||
| clubs1 = [[Hockey Odisha]] | |||
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| clubs2 = [[Railway Sports Promotion Board]] | |||
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| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national under-21 field hockey team|India U21]] | |||
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| nationalyears2 = 2022– | |||
| nationalteam2 = [[India women's national field hockey team|India]] | |||
| nationalcaps2 = 8 | |||
| nationalgoals2 = 1 | |||
| medaltemplates = | |||
{{MedalSport|Women's [[field hockey]]}} | |||
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}} | |||
{{MedalComp|[[Women's Hockey Asia Cup|Asia Cup]]}} | |||
{{MedalBronze|[[2022 Women's Hockey Asia Cup|2022 Muscat]]|}} | |||
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIH Women's Hockey5s World Cup|Hockey5s World Cup]]}} | |||
{{MedalSilver|[[2024 Women's FIH Hockey5s World Cup|2024 Oman]]|}} | |||
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'''Mariana Kujur''' (born 24 April 1999) is an Indian [[field hockey]] player and a member of the [[India women's national field hockey team|Indian women's hockey team]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mariana Kujur Profile |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/mariana-kujur-profile-1768 |access-date=7 September 2023 |website=Hockey India |language=en |archive-date=24 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724065551/https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/mariana-kujur-profile-1768 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She plays for the [[Railways Sports Promotion Board|Railway Sports Promotion Board]] in the domestic hockey tournaments. Kujur plays as a defender.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 July 2020 |title=Want to become world's best midfielder, says Odisha-born Mariana Kujur {{!}} Sambad English |url=https://sambadenglish.com/want-to-become-worlds-best-midfielder-says-odisha-born-mariana-kujur/ |access-date=8 September 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
== Early life == | ==Early life== | ||
Mariana Kujur hails from Timna village in Sundergarh district, Odisha. She is a product of Panposh Sports Hostel and one of her first coaches who taught her basics was Amulyananda Bihari.<ref | Mariana Kujur hails from Timna village in [[Sundergarh district]], [[Odisha]]. She has two brothers and two sisters and she is the youngest in the family. Both her brothers used to play hockey for relaxation but when Kujur moved to her uncle's house for studies, she joined for hockey under her cousin. She is a product of [[Panposh]] Sports Hostel and one of her first coaches who taught her basics when she joined in 2010 was Amulyananda Bihari.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Qureshy |first=Tazeen |date=21 February 2022 |title=In Odisha's hockey cradle, a firebrand 22-year-old ends her family's long wait |url=https://thebridge.in/hockey/odisha-hockey-cradle-mariana-kujur-ends-familys-long-wait-29418 |access-date=13 September 2023 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref> | ||
== Hockey career == | ==Hockey career== | ||
She made her | She made her junior India debut in December 2016 at the 4th under-18 Women's Asia Cup tournament held in [[Bangkok]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Orisports.com |url=https://www.orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=MTk5MQ== |access-date=7 September 2023 |website=www.orisports.com}}</ref> Thailand where India got a bronze medal. In July 2018, she was part of the silver medal-winning India youth team at the 6-Nation under-23 women's hockey tournament in [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]]. In April 2019, she took part in the under-21 4 Nations junior women invitational tournament in [[Dublin]]. Later she was part of the gold medal-winning Indian team in the under-21 3-Nations Invitation Tournament in [[Canberra]], in December 2019. She made her Senior India debut in December 2021 at the Donghae Women's Asian Champions Trophy and also took part in the Women's Asia Cup in January 2022. She took part in the 2021–22 [[Women's FIH Pro League|Women's FIH Hockey Pro League]] in June 2022. She also made her senior hockey5s debut at the Hero [[2022 Women's FIH Hockey5s]], [[Lausanne]] tournament in June 2022 and the [[2023 Women's Asian Hockey5s World Cup Qualifier|2023 Women's Hockey5s Asia Cup]] in [[Salalah]], [[Oman]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kujur Mariana {{!}} India hockey player |url=https://www.fih.hockey/events/hockey5s-lausanne-2022/teams/women/player/kujur-mariana-23143 |access-date=7 September 2023 |website=International Hockey Federation |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> | ||
== References == | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
==External links== | |||
*{{Sports links}} | |||
*[https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/mariana-kujur-profile-1768 Mariana Kujur] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724065551/https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/mariana-kujur-profile-1768 |date=24 July 2024 }} at [[Hockey India]] | |||
{{India FHW Squad 2022 Asia Cup}} | |||
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kujur, Mariana}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Kujur, Mariana}} | ||
[[Category:Living people]] | [[Category:Living people]] | ||
[[Category:1999 births]] | [[Category:1999 births]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:People from Sundergarh district]] | ||
[[Category:Indian female field hockey players]] | [[Category:Indian female field hockey players]] | ||
[[Category:Field hockey players from Odisha]] | [[Category:Field hockey players from Odisha]] | ||
[[Category:Sportswomen from Odisha]] | |||
[[Category:Female field hockey forwards]] | |||
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Mariana Kujur (born 24 April 1999) is an Indian field hockey player and a member of the Indian women's hockey team.[1] She plays for the Railway Sports Promotion Board in the domestic hockey tournaments. Kujur plays as a defender.[2]
Early life[edit | edit source]
Mariana Kujur hails from Timna village in Sundergarh district, Odisha. She has two brothers and two sisters and she is the youngest in the family. Both her brothers used to play hockey for relaxation but when Kujur moved to her uncle's house for studies, she joined for hockey under her cousin. She is a product of Panposh Sports Hostel and one of her first coaches who taught her basics when she joined in 2010 was Amulyananda Bihari.[3]
Hockey career[edit | edit source]
She made her junior India debut in December 2016 at the 4th under-18 Women's Asia Cup tournament held in Bangkok,[4] Thailand where India got a bronze medal. In July 2018, she was part of the silver medal-winning India youth team at the 6-Nation under-23 women's hockey tournament in Antwerp, Belgium. In April 2019, she took part in the under-21 4 Nations junior women invitational tournament in Dublin. Later she was part of the gold medal-winning Indian team in the under-21 3-Nations Invitation Tournament in Canberra, in December 2019. She made her Senior India debut in December 2021 at the Donghae Women's Asian Champions Trophy and also took part in the Women's Asia Cup in January 2022. She took part in the 2021–22 Women's FIH Hockey Pro League in June 2022. She also made her senior hockey5s debut at the Hero 2022 Women's FIH Hockey5s, Lausanne tournament in June 2022 and the 2023 Women's Hockey5s Asia Cup in Salalah, Oman.[5][4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Mariana Kujur Profile". Hockey India. Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ↑ "Want to become world's best midfielder, says Odisha-born Mariana Kujur | Sambad English". 30 July 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ↑ Qureshy, Tazeen (21 February 2022). "In Odisha's hockey cradle, a firebrand 22-year-old ends her family's long wait". thebridge.in. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Orisports.com". www.orisports.com. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ↑ "Kujur Mariana | India hockey player". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
External links[edit | edit source]
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- Mariana Kujur Archived 24 July 2024 at the Wayback Machine at Hockey India