Indian field hockey player

Gangotri Bhandari (born 13 August 1956 in Garhwal) is a former player for the Indian Women's Hockey Team. She represented India at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1982 Asian Games along with many other international tournaments. She has also been the wise captain for Indian Women's Hockey Team during the Asian Hockey Championship in Kyoto, *an in 1981. She is currently living with her family and working for NWR Railways as chief office superintendent in its Jaipur division.

Contents

• 1 Personal life
• 2 Career
  • 2.1 National tournaments
  • 2.2 International tournaments
• 3 Achievements
  • 3.1 Gold Medals
  • 3.2 Awards
• 4 External links

Personal life

Gangotri Bhandari was born at Pauri Garhwal. She is the first daughter, and has two siblings. She shifted to Jaipur in 1966 and started playing field hockey as a hobby during her schooling and later played for India at national and international levels.

Career

National tournaments

International tournaments

Achievements

Gangotri Bhandari played for the Indian Women's Hockey Team in 1980 MOSCOW Olympics where the team stood 4th position.

She has also played 2nd World Hockey Championship at Vancouver, Canada in 1979 and World Cup at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1983.

Gold Medals

Awards

External links

• Gangotri Bhandari at Olympedia
• Medal Winners (Asian Games)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et:al. "Gangotri Bhandari". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011.