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Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke (23 December 2003)[1] is an Indian field hockey player and member of Indian women hockey team. She plays for Hockey Maharashtra in the domestic hockey tournaments. She plays as a defender.
Early life
Vaishnavi hails from a farmers’ family in Satara district, Maharashtra. She learnt her basics at the Government Sports Academy in Pune.[2]
Hockey career
In 2019, after a good performance at the 9th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship (A Division) at Kollam, Kerala, she was picked up for the Junior India camp. Then, she took part in the FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup 2021, Potchefstroom, South Africa where India finished fourth. She was called for the Senior India camp in September 2022. Later, she made her senior India debut in the South Africa tour in January 2023.[3] She was named as the captain of the Junior India team for the under-23 5-Nations Tournament in Dublin, Ireland in July 2022.
References
- ↑ "Vaishnavi Phalke Profile". Hockey India. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
- ↑ Sportstar, Team. "It was a memorable debut in Cape Town, says Indian women's hockey's newest member Vaishnavi Phalke". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
- ↑ Staff, Scroll. "Hockey: Vaishanavi Phalke's brace earns India a draw against resurgent South Africa". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-09-07.