Jyoti Sunita Kullu
Appearance
![]() Kullu receiving the Arjuna Award in 2007 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Sundargarh, Odisha | 9 September 1978
Medal record |
Jyoti Sunita Kullu (born 9 September 1978[1] in Sundargarh, Odisha[2]) is an Indian former field hockey player, who represented the India women's national field hockey team. She made her international debut for India in 1996 in Delhi at the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup. In 2002, she became the topscorer of the Champions Challenge tournament in Johannesburg, South Africa, with five goals in six matches. In the same year Kullu won the golden medal with India at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England.
International senior tournaments
[edit]- 1996 – Indira Gandhi Gold Cup, New Delhi
- 1997 – World Cup Qualifier, Harare (4th)
- 1998 – World Cup, Utrecht (12th)
- 1998 – Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur (4th)
- 1998 – Asian Games, Bangkok (2nd)
- 1999 – Hockey Asia Cup, New Delhi (2nd)
- 2000 – Olympic Qualifier, Milton Keynes (10th)
- 2001 – World Cup Qualifier, Amiens/Abbeville (7th)
- 2002 – Champions Challenge, Johannesburg (3rd)
- 2002 – Commonwealth Games, Manchester (1st)
- 2002 – Asian Games, Busan (4th)
- 2003 – Afro-Asian Games, Hyderabad (1st)
- 2004 – Hockey Asia Cup, New Delhi (1st)
- 2006 – Commonwealth Games, Melbourne (2nd)
- 2006 – World Cup, Madrid (11th)
Awards
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- Arjuna Award, 2007[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Personalities". orisports.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ "Jyoti Sunita KULLU". bharatiyahockey.org. Archived from the original on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ "Arjuna award came too late: Jyoti S Kullu". DNA. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
External links
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Categories:
- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from Sundergarh district
- Recipients of the Arjuna Award
- Field hockey players from Odisha
- Sportswomen from Odisha
- Indian female field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India
- Asian Games medalists in field hockey
- Field hockey players at the 1998 Asian Games
- Field hockey players at the 2002 Asian Games
- Field hockey players at the 2006 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Asian Games bronze medalists for India
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- 21st-century Indian women
- 21st-century Indian people
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Indian field hockey biography stubs