Sumit Walmiki

Sumit Walmiki
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Personal information
Born (1996-12-20) 20 December 1996 (age 29)
Sonipat, Haryana, India
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionMidfielder
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
– Punjab SC - -
– Petroleum Sports Promotion Board - -
– ONGC - -
– Hockey Haryana - -
2024– Hyderabad Toofans - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2014–2016 India U21 12 (0)
2017– India 192 (8)
2022– India Hockey5s 5 (0)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  India
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoTeam
Bronze medal – third place2024 ParisTeam
World League
Bronze medal – third place2016–17 BhubaneswarTeam
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouTeam
Gold medal – first place2026 Aichi-NagoyaTeam
Asia Cup
Gold medal – first place2017 Dhaka
Gold medal – first place2025 Rajgir
Asian Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place2018 Muscat
Gold medal – first place2023 Chennai
Gold medal – first place2024 Hulunbuir
Bronze medal – third place2021 Dhaka
FIH Hockey5s
Gold medal – first place2022 Lausanne
Junior World Cup
Gold medal – first place2016 Lucknow

Sumit Walmiki (born 20 December 1996) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for the Indian national team.

Hailing from Haryana, Sumit was part of the Indian squad that won the 2016 Junior World Cup. He made his senior team debut at the 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. He won two Asiad gold medals as part of the Indian team at the 2022 Asian Games and 2026 Asian Games.

References

  1. ↑ "Sumit draws inspiration from hockey stars Sardar, Manpreet". DNA India. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "SUMIT". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "As hockey regains its place in the sun, Bengal experts rue lack of basic infra". The Times of India. 7 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Haryana CM announces Rs 4 crore for Ravi Dahiya, Rs 2.5 crore each for Surender Kumar and Sumit Walmiki". The Indian Express. 5 August 2021.
  5. ↑ Vasavda, Mihir (18 December 2016). "Hockey Junior World Cup: Fathers at wheel the driving force for seven in team". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Hockey World League Semi-finals: India's Rupinder Pal Singh, SK Uthappa ruled out of tournament". Firstpost. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Asian Games Results". 2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou. Retrieved 6 October 2023.