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| Born | (1956-09-27) 27 September 1956 (age 68) 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 and a former captain of the women's national field hockey team of India. She received the Arjuna Award in 1981 and the Government of India awarded her the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1983.
Family
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.
Career
Eliza Nelson joined the Western Railway hockey team in 1977. And she played for the Indian Railways She led the Indian national team that won the gold medal at the 9th Asian Games held at New Delhi in 1982. She was also a member of the team that secured fourth place at the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics. In 2001, she became the Sports Officer of Central Railway.
See also
References
- "Indian Sports Portal". Indian Sports Portal. 2015. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "INDIAN HOCKEY'S GOLDEN GIRL ELIZA NELSON". Stick2Hockey. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ "Poor planning cost us medal in 1980 Olympics". Times of India. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
External links
- Eliza Nelson at Olympedia
- Asian Women's Hockey : Hardwork pays dividends, Sportsworld 1982
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