Harmanpreet Singh, Gurjit Kaur fetch top player honours as Indians sweep FIH awards

After
a
historic
bronze
medal-winning
feat
for
the
Indian
men’s
team
as
well
as
the
outstanding
performance
of
the
women’s
team,
which
reached
the
last
four
in
Tokyo,
Indian
athletes
and
coaches
dominated
the
FIH
Hockey
Stars
Awards
2020-21.

Gurjit
Kaur
(Women)
and
Harmanpreet
Singh
(Men)
fetched
‘Player
of
the
Year’ honour
in
their
respective
categories.

Super
Star.
Super
Player.
Super
Award.
????

Congratulations
to
Harmanpreet
Singh
for
being
adjudged
the
‘FIH
Player
of
the
Year
–
Men’s’
in
the

#HockeyStarAwards
2021.
????#IndiaKaGame
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—
Hockey
India
(@TheHockeyIndia)

October
6,
2021

She
came.
She
saw.
She
conquered.
????

Congratulations
to
Gurjit
Kaur
on
winning
the
prestigious
title
of
‘FIH
Player
of
the
Year
–
Women’s’
in
the

#HockeyStarAwards
2021.
????#IndiaKaGame
pic.twitter.com/AYczV5PW7d

—
Hockey
India
(@TheHockeyIndia)

October
6,
2021

Savita
Punia
(Best
Goalkeeper,
Women),
PR
Sreejesh
(Best
Goalkeeper,
Men),
Sharmila
Devi
(Best
Rising
Star,
Women)
and
Vivek
Prasad
(Best
Rising
Star,
Men)
as
well
were
voted
for
awards
in
their
respective
category.

The
coaches
of
India’s
women’s
team
Sjoerd
Marijne
and
men’s
team
chief
coach
Graham
Reid
also
grabbed
the
highest
number
of
votes
to
finish
on
top.
While
Reid
is
still
with
the
team,
Marijne’s
tenure
ended
after
the
Tokyo
Games.

“Votes
from
National
Associations
–
represented
by
their
respective
national
captains
and
coaches
–
counted
for
50
per
cent
of
the
overall
result,
while
fans
and
players
(25per
cent)
as
well
as
media
(25
percent)
made
the
other
half
of
the
votes.

“In
all,
79
National
Associations
voted
(Africa:
11
out
of
25
Member
Associations;
Asia:
29
out
of
33;
Europe:
19
out
of
42;
Oceania:
3
out
of
8;
Pan
America:
17
out
of
30)”,
said
a
statement
from
FIH.

“And
with
a
record
number
of
almost
300,000
fans
casting
their
votes,
fan
participation
in
the
FIH
Hockey
Stars
Awards
has
been
exceptional,”
it
added.