S. V. Sunil
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Somwarpet Vittalacharya Sunil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Kodagu, Karnataka, India | 6 May 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
–2008 | Bangalore Hi-Fliers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IOCL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013– | Punjab Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007– | India | 264 | (72) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Somwarpet Vittalacharya Sunil (born 6 May 1989) is an Indian professional field hockey player.[1] He represented India during the 2012 London Olympics and won silver with them at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[2][3]
Early life
Sunil was born on 6 May 1989 to Vittalacharya and Shanta in the Kodagu district of Karnataka, and is an ethnic Kodava. At the age of four, he lost his mother. His father worked as a carpenter and his brother, a goldsmith.[4] Born to a poor family, he used bamboo for hockey stick during his younger days.[5]
Career
This section may be written from a fan's point of view, rather than a neutral point of view. (February 2018) |
Sunil made his senior international debut in the 2007 Asia Cup in Chennai, a tournament that India won.[1] He was also a part of the team that won the silver at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in 2008. The 2011 Champion's Challenge was an early high point in his career in which he scored four goals, the most by an Indian forward.[1]
He represented India at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where India won the silver medal.[3]
Hockey India League
In the inaugural auctions of the Hockey India League, Sunil was bought by the Punjab franchise for US$42,000[6] with his base price being US$13,900. The Punjab team was named Punjab Warriors.
References
- ^ a b c "Sunil: a key forward and a special player". The Hindu. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ^ "Sunil Sowmarpet Vitalacharya Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Glasgow 2014 - Sunil Sowmarpet Vitalacharya Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ "Kannadiga Sunil shines despite Father's demise". Our Karnataka. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ^ "Meet the heroes of Hockey". Men's Health. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ^ "Hockey India League Auction: the final squads list". CNN. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
External links
- SOWMARPET Sunil at the International Hockey Federation
- S. V. Sunil at Hockey India
- "SV Sunil: Indian hockey's attacker and survivor of changing coaches". The Indian Express. 17 December 2017.
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players of India
- People from Kodagu district
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Asian Games medalists in field hockey
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Field hockey players from Karnataka
- Indian male field hockey players
- Asian Games gold medalists for India
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Male field hockey defenders
- Hockey India League players
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for India
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2016
- Recipients of the Arjuna Award