India's athletes, on one page.

Namita Toppo

Namita Toppo (born 4 June 1995) is an Indian former field hockey player. She hails from Sundargarh District of Odisha. On 27 December 2020, she was conferred with the 28th Eklavya award.

Navjot Kaur

Navjot Kaur (born 7 March 1995) is an Indian field hockey player. She was part of the Indian Women's Hockey team in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Navneet Kaur

Navneet Kaur (born 26 January 1996 at Shahabad Markanda) is an Indian field hockey player, who plays as a forward for the Indian national team.

Nazleen Madraswalla

Nazleen Madraswalla (born 6 September 1962) is an Indian field hockey player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Neha Goyal

Neha Goyal (born 15 November 1996) is an Indian field hockey player and is a member of the India national team. She plays as a midfielder. She captains the Odisha Warriors in Hockey India League.

Ngasepam Pakpi Devi

Pakpi Devi Ngasepam (Meitei: Ngasepam Pakpi Devi, born 10 March 1981) is an Indian field hockey player who played for the India women's national field hockey team. She played with the team when it won the Gold at the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games. She played for Western Railways in the domestic tournaments.

Nikki Pradhan

Nikki Pradhan (born 8 December 1993) is an Indian field hockey player and a member of the Indian national team. Pradhan was the first female Hockey player from Jharkhand who represented India in the Olympics. Pradhan was included in a 16-member squad for Rio Olympics, which also marked the return of Indian women's hockey to the Olympics after 36 years after a stellar show at the Hockey World League Semifinals in 2015.

Nikkin Thimmaiah

Nikkin Thimmaiah (born 18 January 1991) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a forward. He was named in the Indian squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Nilakanta Sharma

Nilakanta Sharma Shanglakpam (born 2 May 1995) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for the Indian national team. He was part of the Indian squad that won the 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup. And Finally he won gold medal in 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.

Nilam Sanjeep Xess

Nilam Sanjeep Xess (born 7 November 1998) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a defender.

Nisha Sharma

Nisha Sharma (born 1 June 1959) is an Indian field hockey player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Nisha Warsi

Nisha Warsi (born 9 July 1995), known mononymously as Nisha, is an Indian field hockey player from Sonipat Haryana competed in 2020 Summer Olympics (Tokyo Olympic).

Nithin Thimmaiah

Nithin Thimmaiah Nithin Thimmaiah is an Indian Field Hockey player from Kodagu (Coorg) district, Karnataka. He represented the Indian Hockey team in various international tournaments since his debut in 2012. He currently represents the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in domestic hockey.

O. P. Malhotra

Om Prakash Malhotra was an Indian field hockey player who played as a halfback. He was part of the India national team that won gold at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. He was a member of the Indian team that toured Afghanistan in 1952 and Malaya and Singapore in 1954.

Pangambam Nilakomol Singh

Pangambam Nilakomol Singh is regarded as "the first Olympian of Manipur (India)". He represented India at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in field hockey. He was born on 1 March 1955 at Moirangkhom Bokulmakhong, Imphal.

Pargat Singh

Pargat Singh (born 5 March 1965) is a hockey player turned politician in India and belongs to the Indian National Congress in Punjab. He is a former Indian hockey player and his playing position was full back. He captained Indian men's hockey team at 1992 Barcelona Olympics and 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Patrick Jansen

Patrick Anthony "Pat" Jansen (14 December 1920 – 23 November 2001) was an Indian hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Patrick Anthony Jansen was born in the year 1920. This Indian hockey player competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Peter Paul Fernandes

Peter Paul Fernandes M.B.E (15 September 1916 – 24 January 1981) was an Indian field hockey player who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. His selection made him the first Goan to represent India in hockey at the Olympics. He attended Saint Patrick's High School, Karachi.

Poonam Rani

Poonam Rani (born 8 February 1993) is an Indian field hockey player from Hisar, Haryana who was selected to represent India at the 2016 Olympics. She is said to have been inspired to play hockey after watching the India win the gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England.

Prabhjot Singh

Prabhjot Singh is an Indian former field hockey player who played for the Indian national hockey team. He is best known for his fast and attacking play.

Prabodh Tirkey

Prabodh Tirkey (born 6 October 1984) is an Indian former hockey midfielder and a former captain of the Indian hockey team. He joined the Bharatiya Janta party days after resigning from the Congress which withdrew his election nomination.

Preeti Dubey

Preeti Dubey is an Indian field hockey player. She was a part of the gold medal winning team at the 2016 Asian Champions Trophy and the 2016 South Asian Games.

Prem Maya Sonir

Prem Maya Sonir (born July 14, 1961) is an Indian former field hockey player. During the 1980 Olympics, she was one of the star members of India's hockey team which also included the Saini Sisters and Lorraine Fernandes where they defeated Austria and Poland. They came fourth missing out on a bronze medal.

Pritam Rani Siwach

Pritam Rani Siwach (born 2 October 1974) is an Indian former field hockey player, who represented the India women's national field hockey team. She also served as the captain of the Indian women's hockey team. " After the team did not qualify for the Olympics, Siwach stated in an interview, "We are not that bad as the results would show.

Prithipal Singh

Prithipal Singh (28 January 1932 – 20 May 1983) was an Indian field hockey player who played as a halfback. He was a member of the India national team that won a gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and silver and bronze at the 1960 Rome Olympics and bronze at the 1968 Mexico Olympics respectively. Singh was nicknamed the 'King of short corner' by hockey commentators.

Punam Barla

Punam Barla (born 10 February 1995) is a member of the India women's national field hockey team who plays as a forward for the team. Hailing from Odisha she made her International debut in 2015.

Pushpa Pradhan

Pushpa Pradhan (born 25 November 1981) is an Indian former field hockey player, who represented the India women's national field hockey team. She played with the team when it won the Gold at 2004 Women's Hockey Asia Cup.

Rabichandra Moirangthem

Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem (Meitei: Moirangthem Rabichandra Singh, born 3 August 2001) is an Indian field hockey player from Manipur. He plays as a midfielder for the Indian national team and represents Petroleum Sports Promotion Board in the domestic tournaments.

Raghbir Lal

Raghbir Lal Sharma (15 November 1929 – 7 April 2025) was an Indian hockey player. He was part of the Indian field hockey team that won gold medals at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics. Lal died on 7 April 2025, at the age of 95.

Raghbir Singh Bhola

Raghbir Singh Bhola (18 August 1927 – 21 January 2019) was an Indian Airforce officer and international hockey player who represented India in the 1956 Melbourne and 1960 Rome Olympics, winning a gold and silver medal, respectively. He was also awarded the Arjuna Award for his contributions to Indian hockey in 2000.

Raj Kumar Pal

Raj Kumar Pal (born 1 May 1998) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder. He made his international debut in February 2020 at the 2020–21 Men's FIH Pro League. He was a member of the Indian team that won bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Rajani Etimarpu

Rajani Etimarpu (born 9 June 1990) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Indian field hockey and hockey5s teams. She hails from Andhra Pradesh, India. In domestic competitions, she represents Railway Sports Promotion Board.

Rajbir Kaur

Rajbir Kaur Rai (born 3 June 1965) is an Indian field hockey player and former Indian women's team captain. She lives in Jallandhar. In her days, she was popular as the 'Golden Girl' of Indian hockey.

Rajendran Christie

Rajendran Absolem Christie (1 July 1938 – 22 December 1992) was an Indian former field hockey player. He was the goalkeeper of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in the 1964 Summer Olympics at Tokyo, Japan, and the bronze medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics at $1Mexico City$2, Mexico, Mexico. They also won the silver medal in the 1962 Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesia.

Rajinder Singh

Rajinder Singh Sr. (born 7 January 1958) is an Indian field hockey player and coach. He played for Railways in the Indian senior national championship and later took up coaching roles.

Rajinder Singh Jr.

Rajinder Singh Chauhan, also known as Rajinder Singh Jr. (born 13 May 1959), is an Indian field hockey player and coach. He represented India internationally and later coached the national teams.

Rajpal Singh

Rajpal Singh (born 8 August 1983) is a former captain of India national hockey team. He plays from the forward (front line) position. He is an Arjuna Award winner.

Rajwinder Kaur

Rajwinder Kaur (born 19 November 1998) is an Indian field hockey player and a former member of Indian women's hockey team. She hails from Punjab. She plays for Indian Oil Corporation Limited in the domestic hockey tournaments.

Rajwinder Kaur

Rajwinder Kaur (born 26 August 1984) is an Indian former field hockey player, who represented the India women's national field hockey team. She played with the team when it won the Silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. In November 2011, she married Gurwinder Singh, a Chandigarh-based engineer.

Ramandeep Singh

Ramandeep Singh

Ramandeep Singh (born 8 August 1971 in Chandigarh) is a former field hockey midfielder from India, who made his international debut for the India men's national field hockey team in 1995. Singh represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, where India finished in eighth place. Four years later in Sydney, Australia, he captained the team, that finished in seventh position.

Randhir Singh Gentle

Randhir Singh Gentle (22 September 1922 – 25 September 1981) was an Indian field hockey player and coach. He was part of the Indian team that won three consecutive gold medals in the Summer Olympics, from 1948 to 1956. Gentle is one of only seven Indians to have won three gold medals at the Games, all of them in men's field hockey.

Ranganathan Francis

Ranganathan Francis (15 March 1920 – 1 December 1975), was an Indian field hockey player who played as a goalkeeper. He was member of the Indian team that won gold medals at three consecutive Olympic Games: 1948, 1952, and 1956.

Rashmita Minz

Rashmita Minz (born 16 December 1997) is an Indian field hockey player from Odisha and member of Indian women hockey team. In March 2022, Indian Oil Corporation Limited recruited her along with eight other players. She plays as a defender.

Ravinder Pal Singh

Ravinder Pal Singh (6 September 1960 – 8 May 2021) was an Indian field hockey player and former banker. He was well known as a prominent centre-half during his playing days from 1979 to 1984. He was part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in 1980 Summer Olympics at Moscow where India defeated Spain 4-3 in the final.

Reena Khokhar

Reena Khokhar (born 10 April 1993) is an Indian professional field hockey player who plays as a forward for the Indian national team. She was a part of the 18-member squad that represented India at the 2018 World Cup making her comeback in the side. At the club level, Khokhar plays for Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy.

Reginald Rodrigues

Reginald Rodrigues, also known as Reg Rodricks (29 May 1922 – 15 August 1995) was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics for the Indian gold medal-winning team. India had just gained its independence from Great Britain. He died on 15 August 1995 at the age of 73.

Rekha Mundphan

Rekha Girish Bhide (Rekha Bhagwantrao Mundphan before marriage) (born 13 April 1956) is a former Indian women’s field hockey player, coach, selector, and sports administrator. She has played national-level, domestic, and international tournaments since 1969, including the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where she served as vice-captain of the national team. Following her playing career, she held leadership and administrative roles in Indian hockey at the Maharashtra state and national levels.