Khadangbam Kothajit Singh - A Profile :: Manipur Olympic Dreams 2012 London
Profile / Bio-Data
Daniel Chabungbam *
Khadangbam Kothajit Singh :: Manipur Olympic Dreams 2012 London
Full Name: Khadangbam Kothajit Singh
Father's Name: Khadangbam Dhananjoy Singh
Mother's name: Khadangbam ongbi Prabhabati Devi
Address: Khurai Lairikyengbam Leikai, PO Lamlong, Imphal East
Date of Birth: August 17, 1992
Club Played: Posterior Hockey Academy, Manipur
Country: India
Sports: Hockey
Position: Center-Half
Present Status: IOC , New Delhi Center, on Probabation
Khadangbam Kothajit Singh :: Manipur Olympic Dreams 2012 London
Career in Hockey / Achievement
SL. NO. | Achievement | Venue | Team | Year | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | U-14th Indian KD Singh "Babu" Prize Money Sub-junior invitation Hockey | Luckhnow | Manipur | 2001 | Runners up |
2 | 21st ONGC Nehru Sub-Junior Hockey (U-15) | New Delhi | Manipur | 2003 November | Participated |
3 | State Level JN Hockey tournament | Manipur | Manipur | 2004 September | Winner |
4 | 22nd ONGC Nehru Sub-Junior Hockey (U-15) | New Delhi | Manipur | 2004 November | Participate |
5 | 11th Sub- Junior National Hockey Championship | Manipur | Manipur | 2005 February | Winner |
6 | Ser-E-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup | Amritsar | Manipur | 2005 October | Participate |
7 | XII Sub Junior National Hockey Championship | Bhimavaram (AP) | Manipur | 2006 April | Participate |
8 | 52nd National School Game(U-17) | Chandigarh | Manipur | 2006 December | Participate |
9 | III Junior National Hockey Championship | Guntur (AP) | Manipur | 2007 April | participate |
10 | 34th Junior National Hockey Championship | Chennai | Manipur | 2007 June | Participate |
11 | 13th Sub Junior National Hockey Championship | Bhopal | Manipur | 2007 September | Participate |
12 | 4th Junior Hockey | Hyderabad | Manipur | 2008 February | Participate |
13 | 37th ATS Nehru Junior Hockey (U-17)Tournament | Gurgoan | Manipur | 2008 November | Participate (Best Center Half of Tournament) |
14 | Included in Indian 2nd U-16 Boys Hockey Team(Boys Asia Cup) | Dhaka (Bangladesh) | Manipur | 2007-2008 Jan. | - |
15 | 2nd Manipur State League | Imphal | PHAM | 2008-2009 | Winner |
16 | 11th Dr.Kanti Murkherjee Invitation Hockey Tournament | Imphal | PHAM | 2008-2009 | Participate (Best Player) |
17 | XXIII North East Games | Agartala | Manipur | 2009 Feb. | Second |
18 | 1st Senior National Hockey Championship(Men) | Bhopal | Manipur | 2011 June | Participate |
19 | Men's Four Nation Olympic Test | London | India | 2012 May (2-6) | Participate |
20 | 21st Sultan Azlan Shah Cup | Malaysia | India | 2012 May (24-3June) | 3rd Position |
21 | Olympic qualifying | New Delhi | India | 2012 Feb. | Winner |
22 | Olympic Tour | France/Spain | India | 2012 July | - |
23 | London Olympic | London | India | 2012 July/August | - |
Khadangbam Kothajit Singh :: Manipur Olympic Dreams 2012 London
From Yaosang Sports to the Olympic Arena, 19 year old Kothajit is all prepared to show his best ever performance in the London Olympics. Kothajit Singh started playing hockey when he was six years old where he stands lower than the ordinary hockey stick.
From the very beginning, he was associated with Posterior Hockey Academy Manipur (PHAM).
19-year old young Kothajit Singh made his maiden performance representing India in a Test series against South Africa with his impressive performance at junior level.
The Manipuri player moved to the Sports Authority of India centre in Lucknow in 2009 to improve his skills in the game of hockey with a dream to participate in international level championships. He made his mark in the Ranchi National Games in February last.
Later, he proved his worth when he was selected for the National camp. He had represented Indian Hockey team for the AajLan Shah Cup in May this year. He is selected for the Indian Olympic Hockey team and he stands in 18th position as a standby player.
Kothajit is among the four sons of Dhananjoy Singh who all play hockey. His eldest brother Dhaneshwor Singh is a hockey player of Assam Regiment hockey team, Rinenkumar represents Services Hockey team while his elder brother Jayanta also plays hockey with the ONGC hockey team.
Kothajit is now employed with Indian Oil.
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* Daniel Chabungbam provided this information to e-pao.net
The writer is presently working as Manipur Correspondent of guwahati based Frontier TV 24 x 7 news channel
This article was posted on July 17, 2012 and updated on July 23 2012.
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