Rashmita Minz

Indian hockey player (born 1997)

Rashmita MinzPersonal information

Born|  Rashmita Minz
(1997-12-16) 16 December 1997 (age 27)
Bankodhara, Deogarh, Odisha, India
Playing position|  Defender
Club information
Current club|  Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
Senior career
Years|  Team
|  Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
National team
Years|  Team|  Caps|  Goals
|  India U21|  |
2016–|  India|  13|  (0)

Medal record

Women's field hockey
Representing  India
Asia Cup
| 2017 Gifu | Team

Rashmita Minz (born 16 December 1997) is an Indian field hockey player from Odisha and member of Indian women hockey team. In March 2022, Indian Oil Corporation Limited recruited her along with eight other players.[1] She plays as a defender.

## Early life

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Minz hails from Deogarh district, Odisha.[2] Her father Nicholas Minz joined her in the Panposh sports hostel and she trained under coaches Pradeep Kumar Sarangi and Amulyananda Bihari in her initial years.[3]

## Career

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Under chief coach Neil Hawgood, Rashmita Minz made her Senior India debut in 2016[4] as an 18-year-old against the mighty Australian team when India played three matches in Melbourne.

She made her Junior India debut on 26 July 2015 at the Breda Invitational U21 tournament for women and played four matches at Breda, the Netherlands. Later, she represented the Indian under-21 team at the 2015 Junior Asia Cup for women at Changzhou, China in September where she played all the six games as a defender.[5]

She went to Cape Town in March 2016 for the series against South Africa but did not make her senior debut as she sat on the bench. After another under 21 tournament in October 2016 at the 5 Nations Invitational Junior Women's event in Valencia, she got her senior cap on 27 November 2016 and played all the three Test matches in Melbourne, Australia.[5]

From then onwards, she started playing regularly for the senior national women's team. The next big event was the Senior Women's Asia Cup at Kakamigahara, Japan in November 2017. In April 2019, she played five Test matches against Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur.[6] Later, she was selected to play the FIH pro league 2021-2022.[5]

### Hockey5s

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In June 2022, she played the inaugural Hero FIH Hockey5s Lausanne 2022 tournament for women. She played four matches and scored one goal.[5]

## References

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1. ^ PTI (8 March 2022). "IOC employs 9 women hockey players". thebridge.in. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
2. ^ "Deogarh dreams of next hockey star. No turf, no shoes but 'every house has a player & fan'". The Print. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
3. ^ "Rashmita Minz". orisports.com. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
4. ^ Singh, Gaurav. "Rashmita Minz: My dream is to play many matches for Indian team". Khel Now. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
5. ^ a b c d "Minz Rashmita | India hockey player". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
6. ^ "Want to play more matches and win medals with team: Hockey player Rashmita Minz". ANI. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2025.

## External links

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* Rashmita Minz at Hockey India

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India squad – 2017 Asia Cup – Champions (2nd Title)

* 1 Navjot Kaur
* 2 Gurjit Kaur
* 3 Deep Grace Ekka
* 4 Monika Malik
* 5 Sonika Tandi
* 8 Nikki Pradhan
* 11 Savita Punia
* 13 Rajani Etimarpu
* 16 Vandana Katariya
* 19 Namita Toppo
* 20 Lalremsiami
* 23 Rashmita Minz
* 25 Navneet Kaur
* 26 Sunita Lakra
* 27 Sushila Chanu
* 28 Rani Rampal (c)
* 31 Lilima Minz
* 32 Neha Goyal
* Coach: Harendra Singh

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