Salima Tete is an Indian hockey player who plays as a midfielder.
Wiki/Biography
Salima Tete was born on Thursday, December 27, 2021 (22 years old; as of 2023) in Badkichapar village, Simdega district, Jharkhand. Her zodiac sign is Capricorn. Salima completed her schooling from SS Girls High School, Simdgarh, Jharkhand.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 5″
Weight (approximately): 55kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: dark brown
Body measurements (approximately): 32-28-30
family
Parents and siblings
Salima Tete’s father, Sulakshan Tete, is a farmer. Her mother, Subhani Tete, is also a farmer.
Salima Tate (right) and her mother Subhani Tate
Subhani Tete’s father Sulakshan Tete
Salima Tete has 1 brother and 4 sisters, one of them is Mahima Tete who is also a national hockey player.
Salima Tete (second from left) with his father (far left), brother (second from right) and sister Mahima Tete (far right)
husband
Salima Tate is unmarried.
Profession
hockey player
Salima Tete made her debut with the Indian women’s national team in 2016. In 2017, she represented the Indian team in the 7th Junior National Hockey Championship held in Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. Salima represented the Jharkhand hockey team and eventually won the championship. In 2018, Salima was appointed captain of the Indian hockey team for the Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Indian team won the silver medal in the final of the tournament. In 2021, she will represent India at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. In 2022, Salima Tait was part of the Indian team that participated in the Women’s International Hockey Federation Hockey Nations Cup in Valencia, Spain. India defeated Spain 1-0 in the final to win the championship. In the same year, she represented India at the 22nd Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. The Indian team won the bronze medal in the final of the tournament.
Salima Tait (far left) poses with her bronze medalist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
In 2022, Salima participated in the Women’s Hockey Asia Cup in Muscat, Oman, where the Indian Hockey team won the bronze medal.
Salima Tete poses with her medal at the 2022 Women’s Hockey Asia Cup
In 2023, she represented India at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. The Indian hockey team defeated Japan with a score of 2-1 to win the bronze medal in this tournament.
Salima Tete poses with the bronze medalist at the 19th Asian Games in 2023
In the same year, Salima Tait participated in the seventh Women’s Asian Champions Cup held in Ranchi, India. The Indian hockey team defeated the Japanese team 4-0 in the final to win the championship.
Salima Tete wins the 7th Women’s Asian Champions Trophy 2023
In 2023, Sangeeta also represented the Railway Sports Promotion Council hockey team in the 3rd Indian Senior Women’s Hockey National Championship and won a silver medal.
Facts/Trivia
- Salima Tete’s father Sulakshan Tete has been a defender for many years and made sure his daughters also took up the sport. Her father trained her in early hockey with bats made from Sharifah trees.
- Salima loves to eat Rajma Chawal made by her mother and whenever Salima comes home from hockey games, she asks her mother to make it.
- In 2021, Sangeeta got a job as a Grade III employee with the Indian Railways and she also became a part of the South Eastern Railway hockey team as well as the Railway Sports Promotion Council hockey team.
- In 2023, Salima won the “Rookie Player of the Year” award at the Asian Hockey Federation Awards Ceremony.
Salima Tete poses with the winners at the 2023 Asian Hockey Federation Awards Ceremony
- In 2023, Salima Tait was appointed Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) India Athlete Ambassador for a two-year term, with athletes selected to play a leadership role in the international representation, development and promotion of athletes.
Salima Tete (third from right) appointed as India AHF Athlete Ambassador
- During the first few years of her journey, Salima was often active in local competitions and won goats as prizes.
- Initially, she joined a training school in Tumdeji where she started playing in regional tournaments where she was discovered by Manoj Konbegi who was the then director of Tumdeji Hockey Academy .
- Manoj Konbegi took it upon himself to convince Salima’s family to admit her to the Simdega Professional Hockey Academy after seeing her performance in local competitions.
- At the age of 12, she joined a hockey academy in Simdega where she started her professional hockey academy.
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education