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| Born | 5 April 1985 Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Michael Nobbs (national) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tushar Khandker (born 5 April 1985) is an Indian professional field hockey player. He represented India in Men's Hockey during the 2012 London Olympics. [1] Khandker comes from a family of hockey players as his father, uncle and elder brother played the game.[2]
Career[edit | edit source]
Tushar Khandker made his debut in for India in 2003 when he was included in the Hockey Australia Challenge Cup in which he scored in his first game. He was a part of the team that won the 2004 Junior Asia Cup and the 2007 Men's senior Asia Cup, thereby becoming the first Indian to be a part of the Asian Cups for all age groups.[3] Tushar is an alumnus of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.[4]
Hockey India League[edit | edit source]
During the auction of the inaugural season of the Hockey India League, Khandker was bought by the Uttar Pradesh franchise for US$14,000[5] with his base price being US$13,900. The Uttar Pradesh team was named Uttar Pradesh Wizards.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Tushar Khandker". Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ Bhaduri, Tushar (15 June 2012). "Tushar Khandker up for new challenge in London Olympics". Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ↑ "Our London Lions". Stick2hockey. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ↑ Pushkarna, Neha (13 October 2010). "Three Jamia alumni - Bharat Chikara, Danish Mujtaba and Tushar Khandekar - to play in CWG hockey finals tomorrow". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ↑ "Hockey India League Auction: the final squads list". CNN-IBN. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Tushar Khandker at Olympedia
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players of India
- Asian Games medalists in field hockey
- Field hockey players at the 2006 Asian Games
- Field hockey players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Field hockey players from Uttar Pradesh
- Indian male field hockey players
- Asian Games bronze medalists for India
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India
- Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- People from Jhansi
- Jamia Millia Islamia alumni