Icons in the Making: 6 Female Players You Should Know About

Rani Rampal

The nation was taken aback when a cart-puller's daughter became one of the topmost hockey stars in India. This 21 year old goal-scoring machine held the hockey stick when she was just 7 years old. Since then she soon found a place in the national team and also emerged as the leading scorers in the Hockey World League Round One in 2009. The women forward has finally led her team to the Rio Olympics where Indian team has qualified after 36 long years. With players like her, women hockey is sure to take the center stage soon.

Apurvi Chandela

Indian shooting arena reached its pinnacle when Abhinav Bindra bagged the first ever individual gold medal in Olympics. The event inspired many to achieve the same status in shooting. Apurvi Chandela is one of them. Her journey to international fame earned recognition at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal. Winning a bronze in the ISSF World Cup 2015, Chandela secured a quota in the upcoming Olympics. She recently broke the 10m Air Rifle world record too.

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