Krishan Pathak

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Krishan Pathak
Personal information
Full name Krishan Bahadur Pathak
Born (1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 (age 24)
Kapurthala, Punjab, India
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 India U21 1 (0)
2018–present India 56 (0)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Team
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2018 Breda
Asian Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2018 Muscat
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Dhaka
Junior World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2016 Lucknow
Last updated on: 23 December 2021

Krishan Bahadur Pathak (born 24 April 1997) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Indian national team.

Early life[]

Pathak was born on 24 April 1997 in Kapurthala, Punjab. His family hails from a village in Nepal, but migrated to Punjab in 1990. Despite not being interested in the sport, Pathak had joined the Surjit Hockey Academy in Jalandhar when he was 12 at the insistence of his father.[2] Pathak's mother died when he was 12, while his father Tek Bahadur, a crane operator, died of a heart attack in 2016.[2][3]

Career[]

Pathak was part of the Indian junior team that won the 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup in Lucknow. He was then selected in the India A team for the 2017 Men's Australian Hockey League. He made his India senior team debut in January 2018 when the team participated in a four-team invitational tournament in New Zealand.[4] Pathak found a place in the squad for 2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup as India's first-choice goalkeeper P. R. Sreejesh was rested. He then played as a reserve goalkeeper in the 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy where India won the silver medal and the 2018 Asian Games where India won bronze.

Pathak was the reserve goalkeeper at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo where India won the bronze medal.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "PATHAK Krishan". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b Raj, Pratyush (12 August 2018). "Sreejesh's understudy, Krishan worked at construction sites". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  3. ^ Iyer, Ravi (26 November 2016). "Friends in deed aid Krishan in tragedy". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Fit-again PR Sreejesh named in India squad for New Zealand tour". India Today. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  5. ^ Jal, Pratyush Raj (5 August 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: 9 players from India's bronze-medal winning hockey team from Jalandhar's Surjit Academy". India Today. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

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