Mahima Choudhary

Mahima Choudhary

Mahima Choudhary

Mahima Choudhary
Personal information
BornMahima Choudhary
(1999-12-06) 6 December 1999 (age 26)
Kalsi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionMidfielder
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
Railway Sports Promotion Board - -
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd - -
2025– Rarh Bengal Tigers - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
India U21 -
2022– India 5 (0)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  India
Hockey5s World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2024 Oman

Mahima Choudhary (born 6 December 1999) is an Indian field hockey player and member of Indian women hockey team. She hails from Kalsi village in Uttar Pradesh. She plays for Indian Oil Corporation Limited in the domestic hockey tournaments. She plays as a defender.[1]

Early life

Mahima started playing in 2011. She played for four consecutive years in the Hockey India Sub-Junior National Championships before she got the National call for Junior India camp.[2] Hailing from a Ror family from a small rural village, Kalsi in Uttar Pradesh, her family shifted to Sonipat, Haryana to help her play hockey.

Hockey career

In 2015, she represented Haryana in the 5th Hockey India Junior National Championship at Chhattisgarh. In December 2021, she was named among the 60 probables for the India camp in Bengaluru to prepare for Women's Asia Cup 2022 in January.[3] She was selected as the vice-captain[4] for the nine-member Indian women's hockey team in May 2022 for the inaugural FIH Women's Hockey 5s tournament held in Lausanne, Switzerland from 4 to 5 June.[5] She scored the winning goal in the final of the inaugural women's Hockey 5s Asia Cup final to beat Thailand 7–2. It was the Asia's qualifying tournament for the Women's Hockey 5s World Cup to be held in 2024.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "From bunking lecture to waiting for years, Mahima Choudhary's journey not a cakewalk for junior team call-up". www.aninews.in. ANI. 13 August 2020. Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  2. ^ "How small town girl Mahima Choudhary made her career in Hockey". Webdunia. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  3. ^ Nalwala, Ali Asgar (28 December 2021). "In search for fresh talent, 60 players attend Indian women's hockey national camp in Bengaluru". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  4. ^ PTI (20 May 2022). "Rajani Etimarpu to lead India in inaugural FIH Women's Hockey 5s". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  5. ^ PTI (20 May 2022). "Rajani Etimarpu to lead India in inaugural FIH Women's Hockey 5s". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Hockey 5s Asia Cup: India win maiden edition; qualify for World Cup 2024". Rediff. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  7. ^ "International Hockey Federation". tms.fih.ch. Retrieved 7 September 2023.

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