Krishan Pathak
Personal information
Full name Krishan Bahadur Pathak
Born (1997-04-24) 24 April 1997
Kapurthala, Punjab, India
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Indian Oil Corporation
Senior career
Years Team
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
Indian Oil Corporation
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 India U21 1 (0)
2018– India 109 (0)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  India
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouTeam
Bronze medal – third place2018 JakartaTeam
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place2018 Breda
Asian Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place2018 Muscat
Gold medal – first place2023 Chennai
Bronze medal – third place2021 Dhaka
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2022 BirminghamTeam
Junior World Cup
Gold medal – first place2016 Lucknow
Last updated on: 17 June 2023

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. He is of Nepalese descent; his parents migrated from a village in Nepal 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 Pathak, a crane operator, died of a heart attack in 2016.[2][3][4]

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.[5] 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.[6] Finally he won gold medal in 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.[7]

Award

Pathak received the Arjuna Award from the President of India on 9 January 2024.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "PATHAK Krishan". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  2. 1 2 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. ↑ Junior Hockey World Cup: Despite setbacks, goalkeeper Krishan Pathak keeps faith
  5. ↑ "Fit-again PR Sreejesh named in India squad for New Zealand tour". India Today. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "Asian Games Results". 2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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