Salima Tete is an Indian hockey player who plays in the midfield position.
Wiki/Biography
Salima Tete was born on Thursday, December 27, 2001.22 years old; As of 2023) is located in Barkichhapar village, Simdega district, Jharkhand. Her zodiac sign is Capricorn. Salima completed her schooling from SS Girls High School, Simdega, Jharkhand.
physical appearance
Height (approx.): 5′ 5″
Weight (approx.): 55kg
Hair Color: black
Eye Color: dark brown
Body measurements (approx.): 32-28-30
family
parents and siblings
Salima Tete’s father Sulakshan Tete is a farmer. Her mother Subhani Tete is also a farmer.
Salima Tete (right) and her mother Subhani Tete
Salima Tete’s father, Sulakshan Tete
Salima Tete has one brother and four sisters. Her younger sister Mahima Tete is also a national hockey player.
Salima Tete (second from left) with her father (far left), brother (second from right) and sister Mahima Tete (far right)
husband
Salima Tete is single.
job
hockey player
Salima Tete made her senior debut playing for the India women’s national team in 2016. In 2017, she became a part of the Indian team at the 7th Sub-Junior National Hockey Championships held in Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. Salima represented the Jharkhand hockey team and won the title. In 2018, Salima was appointed captain of the Indian hockey team to lead the Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Team India won the silver medal in the final of the tournament. In 2021, he represented India at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. In 2022, Salima Tete was part of the Indian squad participating in the Women’s FIH Hockey Nations Cup held in Valencia, Spain. The Indian team won the tournament by beating Spain 1-0 in the final.
Salima Tete (standing far right) with the entire Indian squad at the Women’s FIH Hockey Nations Cup (2022).
In the same year, she represented India at the 22nd Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England. Team India won the bronze medal in the final of the tournament.
Salima Tete (far left) poses with her bronze medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
In 2022, Salima participated in the Women’s Hockey Asia Cup held in Muscat, Oman, where the Indian hockey team won a bronze medal.
Salima Tete poses with her medal at the 2022 Women’s Hockey Asia Cup
He represented India at the 19th Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China in 2023. The Indian hockey team defeated Japan 2-1 and won the bronze medal of the tournament.
Salima Tete poses after winning a bronze medal at the 19th Asian Games in 2023
In the same year, Salima Tete participated in the 7th Women’s Asian Champions Trophy held in Ranchi, India, where the Indian hockey team won the championship by beating Japan 4-0 in the final.
Salima Tete after winning the 7th Women’s Asian Champions Trophy in 2023
In 2023, Salima also represented the Railway Sports Promotion Board’s hockey team at the 3rd Indian Hockey Senior Women’s Inter-Divisional National Championship where the team won the silver medal.
Facts/Quiz
- Salima Tete’s father, Sulakshan Tete, played hockey as a defender for many years and encouraged his daughters to take up the sport as well. Her father initially trained for hockey using sticks made from Sharifa wood.
- Salima loves eating Rajma Chawal cooked by her mother and whenever Salima comes home from a hockey tournament, she asks her mother to cook it for her.
- In 2021, Salima was offered a Grade III employee position in Indian Railways and also became a part of South Eastern Railway’s hockey team and Railway Sports Promotion Board’s hockey team.
- In 2023, Salima received the ‘Emerging Player of the Year’ award at the Asian Hockey Federation Awards.
Salima Tete poses with her award at the 2023 Asian Hockey Confederation Awards Ceremony.
- In 2023, Salima Tete was appointed as the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Player Ambassador in India for a two-year term, with selected players taking on leadership roles in the international representation, development and advocacy of players.
Salima Tete (third from right) appointed as India AHF Player Ambassador
- Early in her travels, Salima actively participated in local tournaments where goats were awarded as prizes.
- Initially, she joined Tumdegi’s training school and began participating in local tournaments, where she was discovered by Manoj Konbegi, who was the president of Simdega’s hockey academy at the time.
- After seeing Salima’s performance in a local tournament, Manoj Konbegi took on the responsibility of persuading Salima’s family to allow her to enter Simdega’s professional hockey academy.
- At the age of 12, she entered Simdega’s Hockey Academy and began receiving professional hockey training.
