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Surender Kumar

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Surender Kumar
Kumar in August 2022
Personal information
Born (1993-11-23) 23 November 1993 (age 32)
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionDefender
ClubFood Corporation of India
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
Food Corporation of India - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2013 India U21 11 -
2013– India 178 (4)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  India
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Team
Asia Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Dhaka
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2016 London
Silver medal – second place 2018 Breda
Asian Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kuantan
Gold medal – first place 2018 Muscat
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Team

Surender Kumar (born 23 November 1993) is an Indian field hockey player, who plays as a defender for the Indian national team.

He was born to Malkhan Singh and Neelam Devi on 23 November 1993. He is from Karnal, Haryana.[2]

He was part of the Indian hockey team that participated in the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.[3][4][5]

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References

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  1. ^ "KUMAR Surender". worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Bronze after 4 decades: Hockey star Surender Kumar didn't let Covid bog him down". The Tribune. 10 August 2021. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  3. ^ Ganesan, Uthra (14 July 2016). "Surender: from wilderness to Rio". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 January 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ^ "Rio 2016: India lose 1-2 to Germany in men's hockey". The Times of India. Press Trust of India (PTI). 8 August 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ^ "21 women athletes going to Rio Olympic from Haryana". The Economic Times. Indo-Asian News Service (IANS). 16 July 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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