Binita Toppo

Binita Toppo
Medal record
Representing  India
Women’s Field Hockey
Hockey Asia Cup
2004 New Delhi Team
Asian Games
2006 Doha Team Competition

Binita Toppo, (born November 21, 1980) is a member of the India women's national field hockey team. She played with the team when it won the Gold at the 2004 Hockey Asia Cup. Toppo is currently employed with Western Railways.[1]

Early life

Toppo was born in Lulkidihi in the Sundergarh district of Orissa.[2] She lost her father at a very young age and her mother worked at a school as a cleaner.[3]

Education

Toppo studied at the Mahindra College in Ranchi.[4] She trained at the Panposh Sports Hostel, Rourkela.[1] Toppo completed coaches’ training programs at Tata Football Academy, Jamshedpur and Baichung Bhutia Football Schools, Delhi.[4]

Career and Training

Toppo made it to the Indian National team in 2004. Prior to that, she had won many local tournaments in the state. She led the Indian women’s hockey team in the 2007 Women’s Asia Cup.[2] She led the U-16 Jharkhand state team along with studying at school.[3]

Toppo played at the full back position in the Indian women's hockey team in the domestic circuit.[5]

In the international circuit, Toppo played

  • Asian Games in Doha in December 2006
  • Asia Cup in Delhi in February 2004
  • Indira Gandhi Gold Cup in Delhi in October 2005
  • Asian Tour, a four nation tournament in Singapore in August 2004.
  • Australian Tour, 3 nation series in April 2004[5]

Toppo also represented India in the 2006 World Cup in Madrid.[6]

Recognition

In May 2011, Toppo was felicitated by the then chief minister Naveen Patnaik at Jaydev Bhawan, Bhubaneshwar for her contributions to Indian hockey.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Indian Hockey Player". Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Dribble, flip and slash through - Livemint". www.livemint.com. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  3. 1 2 "YUWA | Goalden Times". Goalden Times. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  4. 1 2 "Yuwa-India ~ People". archive.is. 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  5. 1 2 "Vineeta Toppo". www.bharatiyahockey.org. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  6. ↑ "Monthly Bulletin". www.bharatiyahockey.org. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  7. ↑ "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Orissa | Honour for Commonwealth Games medallists". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2017-09-27.


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