![]() Salima Tete at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |||
Personal information | |||
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Born |
Simdega, Jharkhand, India | 27 December 2001||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Railways | ||
Senior career | |||
Years | Team | ||
Hockey Jharkhand | |||
Railways | |||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
India U21 | |||
2016– | India | 115 | (15) |
Salima Tete (born 26 December 2001) is an Indian field hockey player from Jharkhand.[1][2] On 2 May 2023, she was named as the captain of the India women's national field hockey team.[3]
Early life and background
[edit]Tete is from a village in the Simdega district of Jharkhand. Both her parents work as farmers. Her father also played hockey.[4][5]
Career
[edit]She made her debut for the national side in 2017 against Belarus.[6]
At the 2018 Youth Olympic games, she was the captain of the Indian side, which went on to win a silver medal.[7]
In 2021, she was selected in the Indian squad for the Tokyo Olympics.[8]
She is the current captain of Nabhvarna's.
References
[edit]- ^ "Determined to Perform Consistently for Indian Women's Hockey Team: Salima Tete". News18. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ Patwardhan, Deepti (4 May 2021). "The Olympics dreams of Jharkhand's hockey queens". Mintlounge. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Salima takes baton from Savita as India captain". The Times of India. 3 May 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ Kumar, Mrituanjay. "Hockey players Nikki Pradhan, Salima Tete selected for Olympics". The Pioneer. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "From back of beyond to front and centre: How progressive thinking turned rural Jharkhand into India's women's hockey hotspot". The Indian Express. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Tokyo Olympics 2020: Postponement gives Indian women's hockey team scope to improve, says midfielder Salima Tete". Firstpost. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ Gupta, K. A. (18 June 2021). "Two girls from Jharkhand in Tokyo Olympics hockey team | Ranchi News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ Sadanandam, Abishek (24 June 2021). "A look at the Indian women's hockey team going to the Tokyo Olympics". thebridge.in. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- Salima Tete at the International Hockey Federation
- Salima Tete at Olympedia
- Salima Tete at Hockey India