Salima Tete
_(cropped).jpg) Salima Tete at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 27 December 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Salima Tete (born 26 December 2001) is an Indian field hockey player.[1][2] On 2 May 2023, she was named as the captain of the Indian hockey team.[3]
Early life and background
Tete is from a village in the Simdega district of Jharkhand. Both her parents work as farmers. Her father also played hockey.[4][5]
Career
She made her debut for the national side in 2017 against Belarus.[6]
At the 2018 Youth Olympic games, she was the captain of the Indian youth hockey5s team, which went on to win a silver medal.[7]
In 2021, she was selected in the Indian squad for the Tokyo Olympics.[8]
References
- ↑ "Determined to Perform Consistently for Indian Women's Hockey Team: Salima Tete". News18. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ↑ Patwardhan, Deepti (4 May 2021). "The Olympics dreams of Jharkhand's hockey queens". Mintlounge. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ↑ "Salima takes baton from Savita as India captain". The Times of India. 3 May 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ↑ Kumar, Mrituanjay. "Hockey players Nikki Pradhan, Salima Tete selected for Olympics". The Pioneer. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ↑ "From back of beyond to front and centre: How progressive thinking turned rural Jharkhand into India's women's hockey hotspot". The Indian Express. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ↑ "Tokyo Olympics 2020: Postponement gives Indian women's hockey team scope to improve, says midfielder Salima Tete". Firstpost. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ↑ Gupta, K. A. (18 June 2021). "Two girls from Jharkhand in Tokyo Olympics hockey team | Ranchi News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ↑ Sadanandam, Abishek (24 June 2021). "A look at the Indian women's hockey team going to the Tokyo Olympics". thebridge.in. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Salima Tete.
- Salima Tete at the International Hockey Federation
- Salima Tete at Olympics.com
- Salima Tete at Olympedia
- Salima Tete at InterSportStats
- Salima Tete at Hockey India
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- Field hockey players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
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- Olympic field hockey players for India
- Sportswomen from Jharkhand
- Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India
- Commonwealth Games field hockey players for India
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for India
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- Recipients of the Arjuna Award
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- 21st-century Indian sportswomen
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- Youth Olympic silver medalists for India
- 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup players
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