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'''Saini Sisters''' is a popular epithet used for four sisters from [[Punjab (Indian state)|Punjab]] <ref name= "Awards"/> who were international field hockey players, '''Rupa Saini''', '''Krishna Saini''', '''Swarna Saini''' and '''Prema Saini'''. At one time Saini sisters dominated woman's hockey in India and in the test series against Japan in 1970 all three sisters played together for [[India women's national field hockey team|India]].<ref name = "Saini Sisters">''"At one time, the Saini sisters dominated women's hockey in India and this can be gauged from the fact that three of them— Rupa, Krishna and Prema- turned out for the country in a Test series against Japan in 1970"''[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011125/spectrum/main3.htm Olympians relive the peaks and the troughs, Ravi Dhaliwal, Sunday, 25 November 2001 , The Tribune], </ref> | '''Saini Sisters''' is a popular epithet used for four sisters from [[Punjab (Indian state)|Punjab]]<ref name= "Awards"/> who were international field hockey players, '''Rupa Saini''', '''Krishna Saini''', '''Swarna Saini''' and '''Prema Saini'''. At one time Saini sisters dominated woman's hockey in India and in the test series against Japan in 1970 all three sisters played together for [[India women's national field hockey team|India]].<ref name = "Saini Sisters">''"At one time, the Saini sisters dominated women's hockey in India and this can be gauged from the fact that three of them— Rupa, Krishna and Prema- turned out for the country in a Test series against Japan in 1970"''[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011125/spectrum/main3.htm Olympians relive the peaks and the troughs, Ravi Dhaliwal, Sunday, 25 November 2001 , The Tribune],</ref> | ||
[[Rupa Saini]] had a particularly successful career. She donned the Indian colours in the [[1974 Women's Hockey World Cup|1974 France]] and [[1978 Women's Hockey World Cup|1978 Madrid World Cups]] and captained India in the latter playing as the centre-half.<ref>Avinash Singh, ''Fierce struggle ahead in Madrid'', [[Sportsweek]], 3 September 1978, pp 27-29</ref> Saini earned nearly 200 Test caps both in India and abroad, and also played in the 1979 world championships held in Vancouver.<ref name = "Saini Sisters"/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085307/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/rupa-kumari-saini-1.html Rupa Kumari Saini at Sports Reference]</ref> She also went on to win the prestigious [[Arjuna Award]] .<ref name= "Awards">''"Sports persons who brought laurels to the district include the Saini sisters (hockey) who played at the international level. Rupa Saini was awarded Arjuna Award and Prema Saini was decorated with Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award."'' Punjab district gazetteers, Volume 13, pp 473, Controller of Print. and Stationery, 1970</ref> | [[Rupa Saini]] had a particularly successful career. She donned the Indian colours in the [[1974 Women's Hockey World Cup|1974 France]] and [[1978 Women's Hockey World Cup|1978 Madrid World Cups]] and captained India in the latter playing as the centre-half.<ref>Avinash Singh, ''Fierce struggle ahead in Madrid'', [[Sportsweek]], 3 September 1978, pp 27-29</ref> Saini earned nearly 200 Test caps both in India and abroad, and also played in the 1979 world championships held in Vancouver.<ref name = "Saini Sisters"/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085307/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/rupa-kumari-saini-1.html Rupa Kumari Saini at Sports Reference]</ref> She also went on to win the prestigious [[Arjuna Award]] .<ref name= "Awards">''"Sports persons who brought laurels to the district include the Saini sisters (hockey) who played at the international level. Rupa Saini was awarded Arjuna Award and Prema Saini was decorated with Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award."'' Punjab district gazetteers, Volume 13, pp 473, Controller of Print. and Stationery, 1970</ref> During the 1980 Olympics the sisters were star members of India's hockey team which also included the [[Prem Maya Sonir]] and [[Lorraine Fernandes]] where they defeated Austria and Poland. The team cane fourth missing out on a bronze medal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=India women's hockey team at Olympics: A look back|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/india-women-s-hockey-team-at-olympics-a-look-back|access-date=2021-06-08|website=Olympics.com}}</ref> | ||
Prema Saini, Rupa's elder sibling, was decorated with [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award]] by the Punjab government.<ref name= "Awards"/> | Prema Saini, Rupa's elder sibling, was decorated with [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award]] by the Punjab government.<ref name= "Awards"/> | ||
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