Krishan Bahadur Pathak
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| Born | 24 April 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kishan Bahadur Pathak (born 24 April 1997) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Indian national team.
Early life
[edit]Pathak was born on 24 April 1997 in Kapurthala, Punjab. He is of Nepalese descent; his parents migrated from Lugdi village in Nepal to Punjab in 1990. His ancestral village is about six hours away from the capital Kathmandu.[2] Despite not being interested in the sport, Pathak had joined the Surjit Hockey Academy in Jalandhar when he was 12 at the insistence of his father.[3] Pathak's mother died when he was 12, while his father Tek Bahadur Pathak, a crane operator, died of a heart attack in 2016.[3][4][5]
Career
[edit]Pathak was part of the Indian junior team that won the 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup in Lucknow. He was then selected in the India A team for the 2017 Men's Australian Hockey League. He made his India senior team debut in January 2018 when the team participated in a four-team invitational tournament in New Zealand.[6] Pathak found a place in the squad for 2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup as India's first-choice goalkeeper P. R. Sreejesh was rested. He then played as a reserve goalkeeper in the 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy where India won the silver medal and the 2018 Asian Games where India won bronze.[citation needed]
Pathak was the reserve goalkeeper at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo where India won the bronze medal.[7] Finally he won gold medal in 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.[8]
Award
[edit]Kishan Pathak(son of santosh kumar pathak, mother of vibha devi) received the Arjuna Award from the President of India on 9 January 2024.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "PATHAK Krishan". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ↑ "Friends in deed aid Krishan in tragedy". The New Indian Express. 26 November 2016.
- 1 2 Raj, Pratyush (12 August 2018). "Sreejesh's understudy, Krishan worked at construction sites". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ↑ Iyer, Ravi (26 November 2016). "Friends in deed aid Krishan in tragedy". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ↑ Junior Hockey World Cup: Despite setbacks, goalkeeper Krishan Pathak keeps faith
- ↑ "Fit-again PR Sreejesh named in India squad for New Zealand tour". India Today. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ↑ Jal, Pratyush Raj (5 August 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: 9 players from India's bronze-medal winning hockey team from Jalandhar's Surjit Academy". India Today. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ↑ "Asian Games Results". 2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou. Archived from the original on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ↑ "Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
External links
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- People from Kapurthala
- Indian men's field hockey players
- Men's field hockey goalkeepers
- Field hockey players from Punjab, India
- Indian people of Nepalese descent
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Field hockey players at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold 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 silver medallists for India
- Commonwealth Games field hockey players for India
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in field hockey
- 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Recipients of the Arjuna Award
- Asian Games gold medalists in field hockey
- Asian Games bronze medalists in field hockey
- 21st-century Indian sportsmen