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Krishan Pathak
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Krishan Bahadur Pathak |
| Born | 24 April 1997 Kapurthala, Punjab, India |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Position | Goalkeeper |
| Updated on 28 February 2019. | |
Krishan Bahadur Pathak (born 24 April 1997) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Indian national team.
Early life
Pathak was born on 24 April 1997 in Kapurthala, Punjab. His family hails from a village in Nepal, but migrated to Punjab in 1990. Pathak's mother died when he was 12, while his father Tek Bahadur, a crane operator, died of a heart attack in 2016.[2][3]
Despite not being interested in the sport, Pathak had joined the Surjit Hockey Academy in Jalandhar when he was 12 at the insistence of his father.[2]
Career
Pathak was part of the Indian junior team that won the 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup in Lucknow. He was then selected in the India A team for the 2017 Men's Australian Hockey League. He made his India senior team debut in January 2018 when the team participated in a four-team invitational tournament in New Zealand.[4] Pathak found a place in the squad for 2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup as India's first-choice goalkeeper P. R. Sreejesh was rested. He then played as a reserve goalkeeper in the 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy where India won the silver medal and the 2018 Asian Games where India won bronze.
References
- ↑ "PATHAK Krishan". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Raj, Pratyush (12 August 2018). "Sreejesh's understudy, Krishan worked at construction sites". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ↑ Iyer, Ravi (26 November 2016). "Friends in deed aid Krishan in tragedy". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ↑ "Fit-again PR Sreejesh named in India squad for New Zealand tour". India Today. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- People from Kapurthala
- Indian male field hockey players
- Male field hockey goalkeepers
- Field hockey players from Punjab, India
- Indian people of Nepalese descent
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Asian Games
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Asian Games bronze medalists for India
- Asian Games medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games