Eliza Nelson
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| Born | 27 September 1956 Pune, Maharashtra, India | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Field hockey player | ||||||||||||||
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Eliza Nelson, née Eliza Mendonca (born 27 September 1956), is an Indian field hockey player[1] and a former captain of the women's national field hockey team of India.[2] She received the Arjuna Award in 1981[3] and the Government of India awarded her the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1983.[4]
Family
[edit]Eliza was born in a Goan family at Pune, Maharashtra. She has two brothers, Augustine and Felix, and two sisters, Irene and Salome. She married Darryl, a hockey player from Kerala, and lives a retired life in Pune. She has two daughters. Andrea is a director of a pharma firm in the US and Rebecca is a fashion designer in Mumbai.[5]
Career
[edit]Eliza Nelson joined the Western Railway hockey team in 1977. And she played for the Indian Railways[2] She led the Indian national team that won the gold medal at the 9th Asian Games held at New Delhi in 1982.[6] She was also a member of the team that secured fourth place at the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics.[2][6] In 2001, she became the Sports Officer of Central Railway.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Indian Sports Portal". Indian Sports Portal. 2015. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b c "Eliza Nelson". Sports Reference. 2015. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "Arjuna Awardees List". News Choupal. 6 August 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ a b "INDIAN HOCKEY'S GOLDEN GIRL ELIZA NELSON". Stick2Hockey. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Poor planning cost us medal in 1980 Olympics". Times of India. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
External links
[edit]- Eliza Nelson at Olympedia
- Asian Women's Hockey : Hardwork pays dividends, Sportsworld 1982
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