Gangotri Bhandari


Gangotri Bhandari is a former player for the Indian Women's Hockey Team. She represented India at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1982 Asian Games along with many other international tournaments. She has also been the wise captain for Indian Women's Hockey Team during the Asian Hockey Championship in Kyoto, Japan in 1981. She is currently living with her family and working for NWR Railways as chief office superintendent in its Jaipur division.

Personal life

Gangotri Bhandari was born at Pauri Garhwal. She is the first daughter, and has two siblings. She shifted to Jaipur in 1966 and started playing field hockey as a hobby during her schooling and later played for India at national and international levels.

Career

National tournaments

YearTournament
1974XI Jnr Women' National Hockey Championship in Trivandrum
1974Senior Women's National Hockey Championship in Jaipur
1976XXX Senior Women's Hockey National Championship in Goa
1976XXX Women's Hockey National Championship in Pune
1976II National Sports Festival for Women in New Delhi
1977All India Guru Nanak Women's Hockey in Chandigarh
1977Inter Zonal Hockey Championship in Patiala
1977Inter Railway Women's Hockey Championship
1978Inter Railway Women's Hockey Championship
1980Rajasthan State Women's Sports Festival in Ajmer
1980V National Sports Festival for Women in Jabalpur
1980Abel David Memorial Trophy in Pune
198034th Women's Hockey Championship in Indore
1981XXXV Senior National Women's Hockey Championship in Ahemdabad
1982II Begum Rasul Trophy Tournament in Pune
1982XXXVI al Women's Hockey Championship in Calicut

Achievements

Gangotri Bhandari played for the Indian Women's Hockey Team in 1980 MOSCOW Olympics where the team stood 4th position.
She has also played 2nd World Hockey Championship at Vancouver, Canada in 1979 and World Cup at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1983.

Awards

YearAward
1982Manik Swarn Padak
1984Rajat Jayanti Puraskar
1985The Eminent Youth
1989Aravali Award
1991Nahar Samman Puraskar
1994Maharana Pratap Award