Former star Indian hockey player Dilip Tirkey has been in the news because he has recently been elected as the new president of Hockey India, know his wife and biography
On Friday, former India captain Dilip Tirkey, the front-runner for the position of Hockey India president, was chosen without opposition.
Hockey Player Dilip Tirkey Biography, Age, Family, Wife, Religion, Village Name, BJD Career, Net Worth 2022, Photo, News
Met and congratulated the newly elected President of Hockey India, the ace hockey 🏑 player and pride of India Shri @DilipTirkey ji!
It was indeed a great pleasure to meet the hero of Odisha! pic.twitter.com/tQL1xy2qyl— Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) September 25, 2022
Huge jinx broken. For the first time in any Olympic sports, a Olympian will head the national federation. Yes. Dilip Tirkey has done. He is president of Hockey India. CONGRATULATIONS DILIP. Time for Entire sports fraternity to celebrate
— stick2hockey.com (@indianhockey) September 23, 2022
Elections for Hockey India were supposed to take place on October 1, but they were called off since no one ran for any of the open positions. This allowed the incumbent candidates to be chosen without opposition in accordance with the federation’s Constitution.
Rakesh Katyal, the president of Hockey Uttar Pradesh, and Bhola Nath Singh, the president of Hockey Jharkhand, withdrew their names from consideration for the position on Friday, which ultimately paved way for Tirkey’s nomination.
Since then, he has been a popular topic of conversation on various social media platforms with people congratulating him for this achievement. Many people are also trying to find out more about him. So, here’s what we know about him:
Who Is Dilip Tirkey?
Dilip Tirkey is a well-known hockey field player. He has been in the news because he was recently elected as the new president of Hockey India.
On November 25, 1977, he was born in Sundergarh, Odisha, India and he is a Christian by religion. His father’s name is Vincent Tirkey, a former Odia hockey player, and his mother’s name is Regina Tirkey. He also has two twin younger brothers whose names are Anoop Tirkey and Ajit Tirkey. They also play hockey but for Indian Railways.
His household practices Roman Catholicism. He was married to Mamta Tirkey. In 1996, he was given the position of Deputy Manager at Air India (Bhubaneswar). He is also politically affiliated with Biju Janata Dal (BJD).
Presently, he is 44 years old.
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His Career
Dilip Tirkey played his first game against England in 1995. He has a total of 412 international caps and represented India in the Olympics in 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney, and 2004 Athens.
He was one of the toughest defenders in the world to beat due to his tight marking ability around the goalpost. He is also well-known for his penalty corner hits. He formerly served as the Indian hockey team’s captain.
He declared his retirement from the global stage on May 2, 2010. On July 16, 2010, three days after the Indian Hockey Federation extended the opportunity to him, he refused the position of national selector.
He was one of three Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidates who were elected to the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of the Indian Parliament, on March 22, 2012, without any opposition.
Formerly serving as the chairman of the Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC), Dilip Tirkey is currently the head of the Odisha Hockey Promotion Council. He was chosen without opposition to be the president of Hockey India in September 2022.