Udita Duhan
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
14 January 1998 Hisar district, Haryana, India | ||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||
| Spouse | |||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2016– | Hockey Haryana | ||
| 2025– | Rarh Bengal Tigers | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2016 | India U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017– | India | 134 | (17) |
Medal record | |||
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Udita Duhan (born 14 January 1998) is an Indian field hockey player and member of national team.[1] She plays as a defender.[2]
In 2024, during the Hockey India League auctions, Rarh Bengal Tigers acquired her for ₹32 lakhs. She is the most expensive player in the women's edition of the league. [3][4]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Duhan was born in Bhiwani's Nangal village, Hisar district, Haryana. Her father, Jasbir Singh, was a police officer and also a handball player. She started playing handball but later shifted to hockey. After her father died in 2015, her mother Geetha Devi encouraged her to continue hockey and soon she joined SAI hostel.[5][6]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]In March 2025, she married Indian field hockey player Mandeep Singh.[7]
Career
[edit | edit source]- 2018: Silver at Asian Games, Jakarta.
- 2018: Silver at Asian Champions Trophy in Donghae.
- 2018: She participated at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup.[8]
- 2021: She took part in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 played from 23 July to 8 August 2021.
- 2022: Bronze at Asia Cup, Muscat.
- 2022: She was part of the team that won bronze at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[9]
Awards and nominations
[edit | edit source]| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hockey India Awards | Defender of the Year | Nominated |
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Udita Duhan at the International Hockey Federation Lua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Udita Duhan at Hockey India
- Udita Duhan at the Jakarta-Palembang 2018 Asian Games (archived)
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Categories:
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Indian female field hockey players
- Female field hockey midfielders
- Field hockey players from Haryana
- Sportswomen from Haryana
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for India
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Field hockey players at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Asian Games field hockey players for India
- Asian Games bronze medalists for India
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India
- Commonwealth Games field hockey players for India
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Hisar (city)
- Asian Games silver medalists in field hockey
- Asian Games bronze medalists in field hockey
- 21st-century Indian sportswomen
- Indian field hockey biography stubs