Deepak Thakur
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| Full name | Deepak Thakur Sonkhla | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 December 1980 Bhamowal, Hoshiarpur Punjab, India |
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| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2012 - present | Sher-e-Punjab | 16 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1999 - | India | 100+ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Deepak Thakur Sonkhla (popularly known as Deepak Thakur) is a field hockey forward on the 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 is a national badminton player.
Career
Junior level
Thakur became popular after helping India win the Junior World Cup Hockey Tournament in 2001 in Hobart, Australia. He scored a double hat-trick in the tournament. He made a notable play in the final against an unpredictable Argentinian team, with the score board showing 6-1.[1] Another notable play was made against the underdog, Scotland, with a score of 7-1, a rout.
Senior level
Thakur debuted for the Men's National Team in June 1999 against Germany. He was part of the national squad in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and again in the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Awards
Thakur received the Arjuna Award in 2004 for his performance in Indian hockey.[2]
References
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
- Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Indian field hockey players
- Living people
- Olympic field hockey players of India
- People 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
