Surender Kumar

Surender Kumar (born 23 November 1993) is an Indian field hockey player, who plays as a defender for the Indian national team.

Surender Kumar
Kumar in August 2022
Personal information
Born (1993-11-23) 23 November 1993
Karnal, India
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Food Corporation of India
Senior career
Years Team
Food Corporation of India
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 India U21 11
2013– India 178 (4)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  India
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoTeam
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 JakartaTeam
Asia Cup
Gold medal – first place2017 Dhaka
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place2016 London
Silver medal – second place2018 Breda
Asian Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place2016 Kuantan
Gold medal – first place2018 Muscat
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2022 BirminghamTeam

He was born to Malkhan Singh and Neelam Devi on 23 November 1993. He is from Karnal, Haryana.[2]

He was part of the Indian hockey team that participated in the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.[3][4][5]

See also

References
  1. "KUMAR Surender". worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. "Bronze after 4 decades: Hockey star Surender Kumar didn't let Covid bog him down". tribuneindia. 10 August 2021. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  3. Ganesan, Uthra (14 July 2016). "Surender: from wilderness to Rio". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  4. "Rio 2016: India lose 1-2 to Germany in men's hockey". The Times of India. Press Trust of India (PTI). 8 August 2016. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  5. "21 women athletes going to Rio Olympic from Haryana". The Economic Times. Indo-Asian News Service (IANS). 16 July 2016. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2017.


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