Krishan Bahadur Pathak
Indian field hockey player
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Kishan Bahadur Pathak (born 24 April 1997) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Indian national team.
Kapurthala, Punjab, India
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Kishan Pathak in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
24 April 1997 Kapurthala, Punjab, India | ||
| Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| – | Hockey Punjab | ||
| – | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board | ||
| – | Indian Oil Corporation | ||
| 2024– | Kalinga Lancers | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2016 | India U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2018– | India | 156 | (0) |
Early life
Pathak was born on 24 April 1997 in Kapurthala, Punjab. He is of Nepalese descent; his parents migrated from Lugdi village in Nepal to Punjab in 1990. His ancestral village is about six hours away from the capital Kathmandu.[2] Despite not being interested in the sport, Pathak had joined the Surjit Hockey Academy in Jalandhar when he was 12 at the insistence of his father.[3] Pathak's mother died when he was 12, while his father Tek Bahadur Pathak, a crane operator, died of a heart attack in 2016.[3][4][5]
Career
Pathak was part of the Indian junior team that won the 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup in Lucknow. He was then selected in the India A team for the 2017 Men's Australian Hockey League. He made his India senior team debut in January 2018 when the team participated in a four-team invitational tournament in New Zealand.[6] Pathak found a place in the squad for 2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup as India's first-choice goalkeeper P. R. Sreejesh was rested. He then played as a reserve goalkeeper in the 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy where India won the silver medal and the 2018 Asian Games where India won bronze.[citation needed]
Pathak was the reserve goalkeeper at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo where India won the bronze medal.[7] Finally he won gold medal in 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.[8]
Award
Kishan Pathak(son of santosh kumar pathak, mother of vibha devi) received the Arjuna Award from the President of India on 9 January 2024.[9]