Lalit Upadhyay

{{Short description|Indian field hockey player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Lalit Upadhyay

| image = Lalit Upadhyay.jpg

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| caption = Upadhyay in August 2022

| full_name = Lalit Kumar Upadhyay

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|12|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India{{cite web|title=Hapless victim of a TV sting, this hockey player is now a rising star|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/hapless-victim-of-a-tv-sting-this-hockey-player-is-now-a-rising-star/938634/|publisher=The Indian Express|accessdate=27 July 2016}}

| height = 177 cm{{cite web |title=UPADHYAY Lalit |url=https://www.worldcup2018.hockey/men/players/upadhyay-lalit__70519__4212 |website=worldcup2018.hockey |publisher=International Hockey Federation |accessdate=11 February 2019}}

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| position = Midfielder / Forward

| currentclub = Uttar Pradesh Police

| clubs1 = Petroleum Sports Promotion Board

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| clubs2 = BPCL

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| clubs3 = Uttar Pradesh Police

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| nationalyears1 = 2014–

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| nationalcaps1 = 179

| nationalgoals1 = 45

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{{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}}

{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalBronze|2020 Tokyo|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Hangzhou|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Jakarta|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asia Cup}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Dhaka|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Champions Trophy}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Breda|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Birmingham|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World League}}

{{MedalBronze|2016–17 Bhubaneswar|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Champions Trophy}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Kuantan|}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Muscat|}}

{{MedalBronze|2021 Dhaka|}}

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Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (born 31 December 1993) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a forward for the India national team.{{cite news|title=I will give my 100% in World Cup: Lalit Upadhyay|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/I-will-give-my-100-in-World-Cup-Lalit-Upadhyay/articleshow/35626484.cms|work=The Times of India|date=27 May 2014 |accessdate=27 July 2016}} He was a member of the Indian team that won the bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games. He won the gold medal with the Indian team at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.{{Cite web |title=Asian Games Results |url=https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/hockey/result-men-fnl-000200-.htm |access-date=6 October 2023 |website=2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou}}