Prem Maya Sonir
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Prem Maya Sonir (born July 14, 1961) is the Retired Sport Officer of North Eastern Railways Headquarters Gorakhpur.
During the 1980 Olympics, she was one of the star members of India's hockey team which also included the Saini Sisters and Lorraine Fernandes where they defeated Austria and Poland. They came fourth missing out on a bronze medal.[1]
She was a member of the women's hockey team of India, which won the gold medal in the 1982 Asian Games held in New Delhi.
She also serves as the coach of the Indian Railways women hockey team, which has won the women's national hockey championship a number of times. She was also the captain of the national women's hockey team. She received the Arjuna Award in 1985.
References
- ^ "India women's hockey team at Olympics: A look back". Olympics.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- sports-reference
External links
- Prem Maya Sonir at Olympedia
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- 1 Margaret Toscano
- 2 Sudha Chaudhry
- 3 Gangotri Bhandari
- 4 Rekha Mundphan
- 5 Rupa Kumari Saini (c)
- 6 Varsha Soni
- 7 Eliza Nelson
- 8 Prem Maya Sonir
- 9 Nazleen Madraswalla
- 10 Selma D'Silva
- 11 Lorraine Fernandes
- 12 Harpreet Gill
- 13 Balwinder Kaur Bhatia
- 14 Nisha Sharma
- Coach: Arnavaz Damania
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