Sanjay Rana
Indian field hockey player (born 2001)
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Sanjay Rana (born 5 May 2001) is an Indian hockey player who plays as a defender.[1] He is also one of the second drag flickers for the Indian team which won gold medal in 2022 Asian Games.[2] He was part of the Indian team that won a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[3][4]
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| Born | 5 May 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
Rana hails from Dabra village, near Hisar, in Haryana.[5][3] He played for Chandigarh in his initial years as a junior but later represented Haryana state in the domestic events.[5] From 2011 to 2017, he trained at the Chandigarh Hockey Academy. He is an alumnus of Chandigarh University.[6]
Career
- Rana was part of the Indian hockey squad that won the gold at the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.[7][8]
- 2023: In August, he was part of the Senior India team that played the Champions Trophy at Chennai, India.[9]
- 2023: In July, he represented the Senior Indian team at the 4-Nations Men's Invitational Tournament at Barcelona, Spain.[9]
- 2022: In June/July, he made his Senior India debut at the FIH Hockey Pro-League in London and Eindhoven.[9]
- 2022: In June, he played for India in the Hockey5s at the Hero FIH Hockey5s at Lausanne, Switzerland.[5][10]
- 2021: In May, he played for Junior India team at the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's Junior World Cup at Bhubaneswar, India.[11]
- 2019: In June, he played for the Indian Under-21 team at the 8-Nations Invitational Tournament (U 21) at Madrid, Spain.
- 2018: He was part of the Indian team that won the 3rd Youth Olympic Games at Argentina.[12][13]
