Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke (born 23 December 2003) is an Indian field hockey player and member of Indian women hockey team.[1] She plays for Hockey Maharashtra in the domestic hockey tournaments. She plays as a defender.
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Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke 23 December 2000 Asu, Satara, Maharashtra, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Hockey Maharashtra | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | India U21 | 12 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | India | 28 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 20 December 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Early life edit
Vaishnavi hails from a farmers' family in the small village of Asu in Satara district, Maharashtra. Her father was also a wrestler.[2] She learnt her basics at the Government Sports Academy in Pune.[3] Her father who never won a tournament as wrestler, wanted her daughter to become a good player. He sent her to Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune in 2011. Vaishnavi tried different games before choosing hockey.[2][4]
Hockey career edit
In 2017, she played her first big tournament taking part in the 7th Hockey India Sub-Junior Women's National Championship held in Ramanathapuram.
In 2019, after a good performance at the 9th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship (A Division) at Kollam, Kerala, she was picked up for the Junior India camp. Then, she took part in the FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup 2021, Potchefstroom, South Africa where India finished fourth. She was called for the Senior India camp in September 2022. Later, she made her senior India debut in the South Africa tour in January 2023.[5] She was named as the captain of the Junior India team for the under-23 5-Nations Tournament in Dublin, Ireland in July 2022. In 2023, she was part of the Indian team that won the biennial six-nation women's Asian Champions Trophy.[6][7]
References edit
- ^ "Vaishnavi Phalke Profile". Hockey India. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
- ^ a b Name, Author. "Happy to make my father's dream come true, says Vaishnavi Phalke on being picked for Asian Games". Khel Now. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ Sportstar, Team (2023-02-08). "It was a memorable debut in Cape Town, says Indian women's hockey's newest member Vaishnavi Phalke". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
- ^ "'Over the moon after making my father's dream come true,' says Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke on being named in the Asian Games squad". Hockey India. 2023-09-15. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Scroll Staff (2023-01-23). "Hockey: Vaishanavi Phalke's brace earns India a draw against resurgent South Africa". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
- ^ "Who Is Vaishnavi Phalke? Journey Of Satara Hockey Player Winning Against All Odds". TimesNow. 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
- ^ "Girls from Maharashtra villages helping India chak de!". The Times of India. 2023-11-12. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
