Sangita Kumari is an Indian hockey player who plays in the forward position.
Wiki/Biography
Sangita Kumari was born on Monday, December 24, 2001.22 years old; As of 2023) is located in Nawatoli village, Karangaguri, Simdega district, Jharkhand. Her zodiac sign is Capricorn. Sangita completed her schooling from RC MS Karangaguri Middle School, Simdega, Jharkhand.
physical appearance
Height (approx.): 5 feet 6 inches
Weight (approx.): 50kg
Hair Color: black
Eye Color: dark brown
Picture measurements (approx.): 32-28-30
family and class
She belongs to the Gond family of Jharkhand.
parents and siblings
Sangita Kumari’s father Ranjit Manjhi is a farmer and her mother Lakhmani Devi is a housewife.
Sangita Kumari with her father Ranjit Manjhi.
Sangita has three sisters, one of whom is Sandeepa Kumari, who is also a hockey player. She also has a brother named Sanjay Manjhi.
Sangita Kumari (left) and her sister
Sangeita Kumari (center) with her brother Sanjay Manjhi (left) and mother Lakmani Devi (right).
Sangita Kumari (left) and her younger sister
Sangita Kumari’s younger sister Sandipa Kumari
husband
Sangita Kumari is single.
religion
Sangita Kumari follows Sarnaism, a religious faith of the Indian subcontinent. The followers of this religion are mostly nature worshipers and it is claimed to be India’s largest tribal religion.
Instagram introduction of Sangita Kumari, who represents the tribal ‘Sarna’ religion.
job
hockey player
In 2016, Sangita Kumari was selected for the junior national camp and made her junior debut for India in the same year at the Five Nations Invitational Hockey Tournament in Valencia, Spain. She scored her first international goal against Spain in the second match of the series. In the same year, she represented the Indian women’s hockey team at the 4th Women’s U18 Asia Cup in 2016, scoring eight goals and helping India win the bronze medal with a 3-0 win over South Korea. In 2018, Sangita was part of the Indian team at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Women’s Field Hockey Qualifiers where Team India won the silver medal. In 2022, she represented India at the 22nd Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England. Team India won the bronze medal in the final of the tournament.
Sangita Kumari wins bronze medal at 2022 Commonwealth Games
In 2023, Sangita Kumari was selected in the Indian hockey team for the 19th Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China. The Indian hockey team defeated Japan 2-1 and won the bronze medal of the tournament.
Sangita Kumari poses after winning the bronze medal at the 19th Asian Games 2023
In the same year, Sangita 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. Sangita was India’s top scorer in the tournament with a total of six goals.
Sangita Kumari after winning the 7th Asian Women’s Championship Trophy (2023)
In 2023, Sangita represented the Railway Sports Promotion Board’s hockey team at the 3rd India Hockey Senior Women’s Inter-Divisional National Championship where the team won the silver medal.
Sangita Kumari poses after winning a silver medal at the 3rd India Hockey Senior Women Inter-Division National Championship (2023)
Awards
- 2023: Won the 7th Women’s Asia Champions Trophy ‘Jharkhand Match of the Match’
Sangita Kumari won the ‘Jharkhand Player of the Match’ (2023)
- 2023: 7th Women’s Asia Champions Trophy ‘Rising Star of the Tournament’
Sangita Kumari received the ‘Rising Star’ award.
- 2023: 3rd Indian Hockey Senior Women Inter-Division National Championship ‘Player of the Match’
Sangita Kumari won the ‘Player of the Match’ award (2023)
Facts/Quiz
- Sangita started playing hockey in second grade. At that time, her school made it mandatory to bring a hockey stick.
- As Sangita belonged to a poor family and had no finances, her father made her own hockey sticks from bamboo logs.
- While her mother was against her decision to play hockey because she wanted Sangita to learn household chores, Sangita’s father always supported her journey.
- At the age of 11, Sangita Kumari joined the Astro Turf Hockey Stadium in Simdega where she started living in a hostel and began her hockey journey.
- Sangita suffered a major injury to her right leg in 2018 and had to undergo anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery. Sangita took a year off from the game and returned to the field in 2019.
- In 2021, Sangita was offered a Grade III employee position in the Indian Railways while being a part of the Railway Sports Promotion Board’s hockey team. At that time, Sangita bought dhoti for the village elders and gifted hockey sticks and balls to the children.
Sangita Kumari distributing dhoti in her native village.
- Sangita was the first person from her village to get a government job.
- When she received her first salary as an Indian Railways employee, Sangita gifted hockey balls to children in her village.
- One day, Sangita’s school principal organized a screening of an international hockey match on TV. Sangita immediately started learning the techniques and movements. After watching the game, she felt like she could play for India one day, and it was then that she decided to pursue it as a career option.
- The first hockey stick Sangita got was when she was selected as the best player in a school competition.
