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| country = [[India women's national field hockey team|India]] | |||
| sport = [[Field hockey]] | |||
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'''Otilia Mascarenhas''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] field hockey player from Goa. She is a former member and captain of the [[India women's national field hockey team|Indian women’s hockey team]] during the 60s. She received [[Arjuna Award]] in 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arjuna Award |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/hall-of-fame/arjuna-award |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=Hockey India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fraudulent sale deeds case hearing on Friday |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/The-Sunday-Roundtable/fraudulent-sale-deeds-case-hearing-on-friday/61458 |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=oHeraldo}}</ref> She is a sports medicine doctor. She now lives in [[Cologne]], Germany. | |||
== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
Mascarenhas was born in Goa. She shifted to Pune to study at the [[Armed Forces Medical College, Pune]]. Later, she went to Germany to study sports medicine. She married Lothar Brunst, a former football player in the German second division.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2002-12-01 |title=Otilia, the one... |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/pune-times/otilia-the-one-/articleshow/29983147.cms |access-date=2023-09-15 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> | |||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
1971: World Cup, | Mascarenhas was part of the Indian women's hockey team that played the 1971 World Cup where India finished eighth.<ref name=":0" /> She also played the World Cup in 1974 at Mandelieu, France, where Indian women reached the semifinals and finished fourth.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
She represented the Indian Hockey team in many tournaments from 1965 to 1974 and was the captain of the women's team from 1969 to 1973. She was the first Goan Arjuna awardee in 1974 and awarded the [[Shiv Chhatrapati Award]] in 1971. | |||
She is also an Orthopaedic surgeon and super specialist in Sports Medicine and Traumatology. She is practicing in Germany and is also a visiting doctor to India.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
=== Ancestral property === | |||
She had her ancestral root in Porvorim and has the family house and other property which she and her brother, Oscar Mascarenhas own. However, an impersonator sold the property in the name of her deceased uncle Jose Fernandes who died in 2002. Fernandes wrote a will in 1997 and she inherited the property. Her several appeals and petitions to the government to solve the issue have failed. | |||
In December 2013, she held a press conference in Goa exposing the land grabbing syndicate and threatened to return her Arjuna Award if the culprits are not booked and arrested.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2013-12-05 |title=Otilia Mascarenhas threatens to return Arjuna award |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/otilia-mascarenhas-threatens-to-return-arjuna-award/articleshow/26869064.cms |access-date=2025-06-12 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> In October 2013, about 11 years after the death of her uncle the imposter sold the property for Rs.7,000,000.<ref name=":2" /> Following her press conference, the then chief minister of Goa [[Manohar Parrikar]] appointed a special investigating officer at the Crime Branch to probe into the alleged case against the 'land mafia syndicate'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Herald |date=2013-12-04 |title=DIG directed to probe Otilia land grab case |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/goa/na/dig-directed-to-probe-otilia-land-grab-case/72974 |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=Herald Goa |language=en}}</ref> | |||
In March 2017, police managed to arrest Moises Fernandes, one of the main accused in the Otilia Mascarenhas land grab case, was arrested by the Goa Police Economic Offences Wing after a three year hunt.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Key accused in Dr Otilia’s land grab case nabbed |url=https://www.thegoan.net/goa-news/key-accused-in-dr-otilia%E2%80%99s-land-grab-case-nabbed/30789.html |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=The Goan EveryDay |language=en}}</ref> | |||
=== Legacy === | |||
A sports ground in Pune was named after her as Oitlia Mascarenhas Sports Ground, AFMC, Pune.<ref>https://cricheroes.com/cricket-ground-detail/336222/pune/otilia-mascarenhas-sports-ground,-afmc-pune</ref> The sports stadium in the Armed Forces Medical College in Pune, where she studied, has been named after her . She has also been recognized in the “Hall of Fame” in the All-India [[Armed Forces Medical Services]].<ref name=":1" /> | |||
== Awards == | |||
* Arjuna Award - 1973 | |||
* Shiv Chhatrapati Award in 1971<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Dr Otilia is an Orthopedics surgeon |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/The-Sunday-Roundtable/dr-otilia-is-an-orthopedics-surgeon/72933 |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=oHeraldo}}</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Indian female field hockey players]] | [[Category:Indian female field hockey players]] | ||
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]] | [[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]] | ||
[[Category:Indian | [[Category:Indian orthopaedic surgeons]] | ||
[[Category:Indian emigrants to Germany]] | [[Category:Indian emigrants to Germany]] | ||
[[Category:Indian sports | [[Category:Indian sports medicine doctors]] | ||
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Otilia Mascarenhas is an Indian field hockey player from Goa. She is a former member and captain of the Indian women’s hockey team during the 60s. She received Arjuna Award in 1973.[1][2] She is a sports medicine doctor. She now lives in Cologne, Germany.
Early life[edit | edit source]
Mascarenhas was born in Goa. She shifted to Pune to study at the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. Later, she went to Germany to study sports medicine. She married Lothar Brunst, a former football player in the German second division.[3]
Career[edit | edit source]
Mascarenhas was part of the Indian women's hockey team that played the 1971 World Cup where India finished eighth.[3] She also played the World Cup in 1974 at Mandelieu, France, where Indian women reached the semifinals and finished fourth.[3]
She represented the Indian Hockey team in many tournaments from 1965 to 1974 and was the captain of the women's team from 1969 to 1973. She was the first Goan Arjuna awardee in 1974 and awarded the Shiv Chhatrapati Award in 1971.
She is also an Orthopaedic surgeon and super specialist in Sports Medicine and Traumatology. She is practicing in Germany and is also a visiting doctor to India.[3]
Ancestral property[edit | edit source]
She had her ancestral root in Porvorim and has the family house and other property which she and her brother, Oscar Mascarenhas own. However, an impersonator sold the property in the name of her deceased uncle Jose Fernandes who died in 2002. Fernandes wrote a will in 1997 and she inherited the property. Her several appeals and petitions to the government to solve the issue have failed.
In December 2013, she held a press conference in Goa exposing the land grabbing syndicate and threatened to return her Arjuna Award if the culprits are not booked and arrested.[4] In October 2013, about 11 years after the death of her uncle the imposter sold the property for Rs.7,000,000.[4] Following her press conference, the then chief minister of Goa Manohar Parrikar appointed a special investigating officer at the Crime Branch to probe into the alleged case against the 'land mafia syndicate'.[5]
In March 2017, police managed to arrest Moises Fernandes, one of the main accused in the Otilia Mascarenhas land grab case, was arrested by the Goa Police Economic Offences Wing after a three year hunt.[6]
Legacy[edit | edit source]
A sports ground in Pune was named after her as Oitlia Mascarenhas Sports Ground, AFMC, Pune.[7] The sports stadium in the Armed Forces Medical College in Pune, where she studied, has been named after her . She has also been recognized in the “Hall of Fame” in the All-India Armed Forces Medical Services.[8]
Awards[edit | edit source]
- Arjuna Award - 1973
- Shiv Chhatrapati Award in 1971[8]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Arjuna Award". Hockey India. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ↑ "Fraudulent sale deeds case hearing on Friday". oHeraldo. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Otilia, the one..." The Times of India. 1 December 2002. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Otilia Mascarenhas threatens to return Arjuna award". The Times of India. 5 December 2013. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ↑ Team, Herald (4 December 2013). "DIG directed to probe Otilia land grab case". Herald Goa. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ↑ "Key accused in Dr Otilia's land grab case nabbed". The Goan EveryDay. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ↑ https://cricheroes.com/cricket-ground-detail/336222/pune/otilia-mascarenhas-sports-ground,-afmc-pune
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Dr Otilia is an Orthopedics surgeon". oHeraldo. Retrieved 25 September 2023.