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Full name Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam Born 25 February 1992 (age 32) ( 1992-02-25 ) | ||
Star hockey player sushila chanu talk with rajnish baba mehta
Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam (born 25 February 1992) is an Indian field hockey player and is the current captain of Indian national hockey team. Born in Imphal, Manipur, she began playing hockey at the age of eleven, and was soon selected for the national camp. Chanu has a total of 121 international caps to her credit.
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- Star hockey player sushila chanu talk with rajnish baba mehta
- Hockey doesnt pay the bills for Indian Captain Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam
- Personal life
- 20082013 Junior career and World Cup bronze
- 2014present Senior career captaincy and Olympic debut
- References
Chanu rose to prominence in 2013, when she led the junior women's team to a bronze medal finish at the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup at Mönchengladbach. She then made her debut in the senior national team, and was part of the squad that won the bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games held at Incheon.
Chanu gathered attention for her performance at the 2014-15 World Hocker League Semifinals where the Indian team updated higher ranked teams including, most notably Japan, for a fifth place finish. She also led the team at Rio Olympics. She plays as a halfback for the team.
Hockey doesn't pay the bills for Indian Captain Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam
Personal life
Sushila Chanu was born on 25 February 1992 in Imphal, Manipur, to Pukhrambam Shyamsundar and Pukhrambam Ongbi Lata. Her father is a driver and her mother is a home maker. Her great grandfather, Pukhrambam Angangcha was a successful polo player. Chanu is the second born child in the family; she has an elder sister and a younger brother. Drawn towards sports from a young age, Chanu's interest further increased after she went to watch a football match at the 1999 National Games hosted in Manipur. She began playing hockey at a nearby stadium the age of eleven, after being encouraged by her uncle to pick up the sport. He got her enrolled at the Posterior Hockey Academy in Manipur, in 2002. Chanu began playing in the Inter-school tournaments, and subsequently selected for the team participating in Sub-junior and Junior National Hockey Championships. She is employed in the Central Mumbai Railway as a senior ticket collector, and resides in the Railways department's accommodations in Sion, Mumbai.
2008–2013: Junior career and World Cup bronze
Chanu plays as halfback and has garnered attention for her defensive skills. She made her international debut at the 2008 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup, held in Kuala Lumpur, where India won a bronze medal. In 2009, She was dropped out of the team because of fitness issues for a brief period. During that time she graduated from the Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy, completing her course, and joined the joined Central Railways, Mumbai as Junior Ticket Collector.
Chanu rose to international attention when she led the Indian junior team to a bronze medal finish at the 2013 Junior World Cup at Mönchengladbach, Germany.
2014–present: Senior career, captaincy and Olympic debut
Chanu made her international debut in the senior national field hockey squad after the world cup win, and played a clinical role in the team reaching the semifinals of the 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League held at Antwerp, Belgium. On returning home Chanu along with Anuradha Thokchom and Lily Chanu Mayengbam were praised for their contributions in the Indian women's hockey squad. The three women hockey players were given warm reception in their hometown.
Ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics, Chanu was named the captain of the national team. She led the team at the four-nation tournament in Australia that was held in May. Prior to the Olympics, she struggled with a major knee injury that had her consider a knee reconstruction surgery. She returned to training after receiving eight weeks of rest and physiotherapy. Under her leadership the Indian women's team played at the Olympics after a gap of 36 years, having qualified in Antwerp. On having qualified for the Olympics she said, "At the London Olympics (2012), we didn’t qualify. The girls saw the opening ceremony at camp in Bhopal. We wanted to get there one day". However, the team finished in last place in their pool with losses against higher-ranked teams including eventual champions England.
