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Gopi Sonkar
Personal information
Full nameGopi Kumar Sonkar
CitizenshipIndia
Born (2000-04-10) 10 April 2000 (age 26)
Banaras
Occupationsport
Sport
CountryIndia
SportHockey
PositionMidfielder
TeamUttar Pradesh Hockey [1]

Gopi Sonkar (born 10 April 2000), also known as Gopi Kumar, is an Indian field hockey player and a member of Indian field hockey team.[2][3][4] He represented India in 2018 Sultan of Johor Cup held at Malaysia.[3][5][6][7]

He also participated in 9th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2019 (Div ‘A’) held at the Sports Authority of India, Western Training Centre, Aurangabad[8]

Early life and career[edit | edit source]

He started training at Vivek Singh Academy, then joined Saifai Sports Hostel where his maternal uncle Rajesh trained him.[5] He is the elder between two sisters and three brothers.[5] His father Pyarelal Sonkar used to sell fruits at Pandeypur Chowk.[5]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. http://hockeyindia.org/team/gopi-kumar-sonkar.html
  2. "International Hockey Federation". tms.fih.ch. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Hockey India names 18-member junior team for Sultan of Johor Cup". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  4. "Surjit Hockey: Air India enters semis - United News of India".
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "बनारस के गोपी सोनकर भारतीय हॉकी टीम में". livehindustan.com (in hindi). Retrieved 24 July 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  6. 100010509524078 (20 September 2018). "Hockey India names junior team for Sultan of Johor Cup". dtNext.in. Retrieved 24 July 2019. {{cite web}}: |last= has numeric name (help)
  7. PTI. "Hockey India names 33 players for junior men's national camp". Sportstar. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  8. "Hockey Odisha win Junior National Hockey". Pune Mirror. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.