Tingongleima Chanu
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| Full name | Tingongleima Chanu Kshetrimayum |
| Born | 1 April 1976 Manipur, India |
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Tingongleima Chanu Kshetrimayum (born 1 April 1976), shortly known as Tingu, and also by a misnomer Tingonleima Chanu, is an Indian hockey player. She was a member of the India women's national field hockey team. She hails from Manipur.
Early life
Tingu was born to Kshetrimayum Tomba and Mema Devi. They hail from Sagolband Moirang Hanuba Leirak. She studied at Modern Higher Secondary School, Sagolband. She married Brajamani Singh of Sagolband Khamnam Leirak. Her first coach in the Manipur SAI Sports Hostel was Yaima.[1]
Hockey career
She played for India 1994 to 2002.[2] She was part of the team that won the Gold at the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games and the silver medal winning Asian Games team in 1998.[3] She earned the Arjuna Award[2][4] in 2000.[5] She also played the FIH Women's World Cup at Utrecht in the Netherlands in 1998.[6]
References
- ^ "Tingong Leima Chanu". e-pao.net. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Tingong Leima Chanu". e-pao.net. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "TINGONGLEIMA CHANU". Stick2Hockey. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Latest Releases". archive.pib.gov.in. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ Ganesan, Uthra (19 September 2018). "Savita Punia: No reason to believe I got Arjuna Award late". Sportstar. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "CHANU Tingongleima | India hockey player". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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- 1976 births
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- Recipients of the Arjuna Award
- Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India
- Field hockey players at the 1994 Asian Games
- Field hockey players at the 1998 Asian Games
- Field hockey players at the 2002 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in field hockey
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Sportswomen from Manipur
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- 21st-century Indian women
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- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
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