Sumit Walmiki

Sumit Walmiki
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Personal information
Born (1996-12-20) 20 December 1996
Sonipat, Haryana, India[1]
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionMidfielder
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
– Punjab SC - -
– Petroleum Sports Promotion Board - -
– ONGC - -
– Hockey Haryana - -
2024– Hyderabad Toofans - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2014–2016 India U21 12 (0)
2017– India 179 (8)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  India
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoTeam
Bronze medal – third place2024 ParisTeam
World League
Bronze medal – third place2016–17 BhubaneswarTeam
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouTeam
Asia Cup
Gold medal – first place2017 Dhaka
Gold medal – first place2025 Rajgir
Asian Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place2018 Muscat
Gold medal – first place2023 Chennai
Gold medal – first place2024 Hulunbuir
Bronze medal – third place2021 Dhaka
Junior World Cup
Gold medal – first place2016 Lucknow

Sumit Walmiki (born 20 December 1996) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for the Indian national team.[3][4]

Hailing from Haryana, Sumit was part of the Indian squad that won the 2016 Junior World Cup.[5] He made his senior team debut at the 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.[6] He won the gold medal as part of the Indian team at the 2022 Asian Games.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Sumit draws inspiration from hockey stars Sardar, Manpreet". DNA India. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "SUMIT". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "As hockey regains its place in the sun, Bengal experts rue lack of basic infra". The Times of India. 7 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Haryana CM announces Rs 4 crore for Ravi Dahiya, Rs 2.5 crore each for Surender Kumar and Sumit Walmiki". The Indian Express. 5 August 2021.
  5. ↑ Vasavda, Mihir (18 December 2016). "Hockey Junior World Cup: Fathers at wheel the driving force for seven in team". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Hockey World League Semi-finals: India's Rupinder Pal Singh, SK Uthappa ruled out of tournament". Firstpost. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Asian Games Results". 2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
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