Deepak Thakur
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| Full name | Deepak Thakur Sonkhla | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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28 December 1980 Bhamowal, Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Indian Oil Corporation | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Sher-e-Punjab | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999– | India | 100+ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Deepak Thakur Sonkhla (popularly known as Deepak Thakur) is a hockey forward in Indian team.
Family
Thakur's father Nardev Singh is an ex-serviceman and his mother Lalita Thakur is a house-wife. His younger sister Navita Thakur who is a national badminton player.
Career
Junior level
Thakur became popular after his solo effort to help India win Junior World Cup Hockey Tournament in 2001 in Hobart, Australia. He scored double hat-trick in the tournament. The most memorable one was in final against unpredictable Argentina with score board showing 6-1.[1] Other one was against the underdog, Scotland with a score of 7-1 rout. He finished the tournament with ten goals and was named the 'Best Player of the Tournament'.[2]
Senior level
He debuted for the Men's National Team in June 1999 against Germany. He was part of national squad in 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Olympic.
Awards
He was awarded Arjuna Award[3] in 2004 for taking Indian hockey to next higher level.[4]
References
- ^ "7th Junior Men's World Cup, 2001 Hobart, Australia, October 9–21, 2001".
- ^ Ali, Qaiser Mohammad (23 October 2001). "Versatile juniors set for greater glory". Rediff. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ "India hockey team has good momentum: Deepak Thakur". The Indian Express. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Deepak 'Arjuna' Thakur epitome of avant-garde hockey". The Tribune. 30 August 2005. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
External links
- Use dmy dates from October 2011
- 1980 births
- Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- Olympic field hockey players of India
- Sportspeople from Hoshiarpur
- Recipients of the Arjuna Award
- Field hockey players from Punjab, India
- Asian Games medalists in field hockey
- World Series Hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 2002 Asian Games
- Indian male field hockey players
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games