Tingongleima Chanu

Tingongleima Chanu Kshetrimayum (born 1 April 1976), shortly known as Tingu, and also by a misnomer Tingonleima Chanu, is an Indian hockey player. She was a member of the India women's national field hockey team. She hails from Manipur.

In this Meitei name, the family name is Kshetrimayum and the given name is Tingongleima. "Chanu" is a name suffix.

Tingongleima Chanu
Personal information
Full nameTingongleima Chanu Kshetrimayum
Born1 April 1976
Manipur, India
Medal record
Women’s Field Hockey
Representing  India
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place1998 BangkokTeam
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester Team
Asia Cup
Silver medal – second place1999 New Delhi
Champions Challenge
Bronze medal – third place2002 JohannesburgTeam

Early life

Tingu was born to Kshetrimayum Tomba and Mema Devi. They hail from Sagolband Moirang Hanuba Leirak. She studied at Modern Higher Secondary School, Sagolband. She married Brajamani Singh of Sagolband Khamnam Leirak. Her first coach in the Manipur SAI Sports Hostel was Yaima.[1]

Hockey career

She played for India 1994 to 2002.[2] She was part of the team that won the Gold at the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games and the silver medal winning Asian Games team in 1998.[3] She earned the Arjuna Award[2][4] in 2000.[5] She also played the FIH Women's World Cup at Utrecht in the Netherlands in 1998.[6]

References
  1. "Tingong Leima Chanu". e-pao.net. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. "Tingong Leima Chanu". e-pao.net. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  3. "TINGONGLEIMA CHANU". Stick2Hockey. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  4. "Latest Releases". archive.pib.gov.in. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  5. Ganesan, Uthra (19 September 2018). "Savita Punia: No reason to believe I got Arjuna Award late". Sportstar. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  6. "CHANU Tingongleima | India hockey player". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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