FULL NAME: Subhadra Pradhan
DATE OF BIRTH: June 5, 1986 (June 5, 1985, Facebook date)
GENDER: Female
PARENTS: SS Pradhan (Father)
PERMANENT ADDRESS: Saunamara village, Sundargarh District, Odisha, India.
PRESENT ADDRESS: C/o Sr Divisional Mechanical Engineer, At/PO- Hatia, DRM Building, Ranchi, Jharkhand, SE Railway, PIN-834003.
MARTIAL STATUS: Married Pradeep Naik
EDUCATION: Studied in Birsa Munda School and later received her pre-university education from Khalsa College, Patiala.
PROFESSION: Works for South Eastern Railway at Hatia in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
FIRST COACH: Vijay Lakra
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: State government-run Panposh Sports Hostel, Rourkela.
TYPE OF PLAYER: Right half
AWARDS/HONOURS: Received the Ekalabya Award citation in 2004 and the main award in 2006

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     Played in the Senior Nationals at Delhi, June-July, 2005.
*     Played for Railways in March 2002 at Jalandhar.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     She was part of the Indian team that won the silver medal in the Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament, held at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in Delhi from Feb 18-25, 2012.
*     She was part of the Indian team that won the 4-match women`s hockey test series for the Karbonn Cup 4-0 against Azerbaijan, held at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in Delhi from Jan 15-19, 2012.
*     She was part of the Indian team that finished fourth in the 16th Asian Games women`s hockey competition, held in Guangzhou, Chine from Nov 13-24, 2010.
*     She was part of the Indian women hockey team that finished fifth in the 19th Commonwealth Games, held in New Delhi from Oct 5-11, 2010.
*     She was part of the Indian team that finished ninth in the 12th Women`s World Cup, held in Rosario, Argentina from Aug 29 to Sept 12, 2010.
*     She was part of the Indian team that won the bronze medal in the inaugural Asian Women`s Champions Trophy, held in Busan, South Korea from July 27-31, 2010.
*     She was part of the Indian team that bronze medal in the 4-nation women`s hockey tournament, held in Essen, Germany from June 25-27, 2010.
*     She was part of the Indian team that won the Canada-India Cup four-match test series 2-0 against Canada, held in Canada from June 15-20, 2010.
*     She was part of the Indian team that won the five-match test series 2-1 against New Zealand, held in New Zealand from May 15-23, 2010.
*     She was the Captain of the Indian team that lost the three-match test series against China 0-3, held at Sanghai from March 30-April 2, 2010.
*     She was the Captain of the Indian team that lost the four-match test series against Japan 0-3 at the Gifu Green Stadium in Kakamigahara from March 19-24, 2010.
*     She was part of the Indian team that won the silver medal in the 7th Women`s Asia Cup, held at the Queen Sirikit Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, from Oct 29-Nov 8, 2009. She also won the Player of the Tournament award, which was handed over by Raja Sultan Azlan Shah.
*     She was part of the Indian women hockey team that drew the three-match test series against Argentina, held Buenos Aires from Jan 26-29,
*     She was part of the Indian women hockey team that won the 4-match test series 3-0 against Chile, held in Santiago from Jan 19-24, 2009.
*     She was part of the Indian women hockey team that finished fourth in the four-nation tournament, held in Bremen, Germany from July 4-6, 2008.
*     She was part of the Indian women hockey team that finished fourth in the four-nation tournament, held in Rotterdam, Netherlands from June 24-28, 2008.
*     She was part of the Indian women hockey team that finished fourth in the six-nation Olympic Qualifying Tournament, held in Kazan, Russia from April 19-27, 2008.
*     She was part of the Indian team that won the gold medal in the 4-nation Lal Bahadur Shastri Women Hockey Tournament, held at Shivaji Stadium in Delhi from Dec 1 to 5, 2007.
*     She was part of the Indian team that finished fourth in the 6th Women`s Asia Cup Tournament,held at King`s Park in Hong Kong from Sept 1-9, 2007.
*     She was part of the Indian women hockey team that lost the four-match test series 0-3 against Japan, held Tenri, near Osaka from June 19-24, 2007.
*     She was part of the Indian women hockey team that won the bronze medal in the 15th Asian Games, held in Doha from Dec 2-13, 2006.
*     She was part of the Indian team that finished 11th in the 11th Women`s Hockey World Cup, held in Madrid from Sept 27-Oct 7, 2006.
*     She was part of the Indian team that lost the 4-match test series 0-3 against South Africa, held in Cape Town, South Africa from July 25-29, 2006.
*     She was part of the Indian women hockey team that won the silver medal in the 18th Commonwealth Games, held in Melbourne, Australia from March 17-25, 2006.
*     She was part of the Indian team that won the silver medal in the 7th Indira Gandhi Gold Cup International Women Hockey Tournament, held at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in Delhi from Oct 1-8, 2005.
*     She was part of the Indian team that finished 11th in the 5th Junior Women`s World Cup, held in Santiago, Chile from September 14-25, 2005.
*     She was part of the Indian team that finished fifth in the six-nation 5 th KT Cup Women Hockey Tournament, held in Seoul, South Korea from June 9-16, 2005.
*     She was the Captain of the Indian team that won the bronze medal in the 4th Junior Women`s Asia Cup, held Gachibowli Hockey Complex in Hyderabad from Oct 30-Nov 4, 2004.
*     She was part of the Indian women team that lost the 4-match Test series 0-2 against New Zealand, held in New Zealand from May 4-10, 2004.
*     Represented Indian women team in the 3-match Test series against Australia, held in Australia from April 28-May 2, 2004.
*     She was part of the Indian team that won the gold medal in the 5th Women`s Asia Cup Tournament, held at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in Delhi from Feb 1-8, 2004.
*     She was part of the Indian women hockey team that won the gold medal in the 1st Afro-Asian Games, held at Hyderabad from Oct 23-30, 2003.
*     Represented Indian women hockey team in the Shinbashira Cup International Hockey Tournament, held in Tenri, Japan from August 26-30, 2003.
*     She was part of the Indian women hockey team that won both the one-off Test and 3-nation tournament in Russia in August, 2003.
2001:
*     She was part of the Indian team that finished 9th in the 4th Junior (U-21) Women Hockey World Cup, held at Buenos Aires, Argentina from May 14-26, 2001.
*     She was part of the Indian team that won the four-match Junior (U-18) Women Test Series 2-0 against Malaysia, held in India, Sept 2-7, 2000.
*     She was part of the Indian team that won the gold medal in the 1st U-18 Girls Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Cup Tournament in Hong Kong, defeating Japan 3-1 in the final in 2000.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Won a total of 12 international medals for India, including 4 gold and 4 silver in a span of 12 years.
*     Played her 100th international match in Bangkok during the Women’s Asia Cup 2009.
*     Married engineer Pradeep Naik of Sambalpur district at her ancestral home in Odisha`s Sundargarh district on April 16, 2009.
*     Her husband Pradeep Pradhan is a flight engineer with HAL, Bangalore.
*     Along with Jasjeet Kaur she became the first Indian woman to play for a European club _ HC Den Bosch of Netherlands in 2007.
*     Made senior international debut in 2003.
*     As a 10th class student of Birsa Munda Bidyapitha, Subhadra played Junior World Cup in 2001, where she was the youngest of the Indian team.
*     Played the her first international match against Malaysia during Junior Asian Cup in 2000.
*     Started her carrier in 1997.

PROFILE FIRST HOSTED: August 6, 2009
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: July 10, 2018