Selma D'Silva

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Selma Juliet Christina D'Silva (born 24 July 1960) is a former player for the Indian Women's Hockey Team.{{cite book|title=Asian Recorder|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i5ttAAAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=K. K. Thomas at Recorder Press}} She represented India at the 1980 Summer Olympics{{cite book|author1=Boria Majumdar|author2=Nalin Mehta|title=India and the Olympics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E3ONAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA375|date=7 May 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-27575-4|pages=375–}}[https://archive.today/20150425213001/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/02/06/stories/2005020607371600.htm "Tommy Emar Gold Cup from today"]. The Hindu[http://www.timescontent.com/syndication-photos/reprint/sports/278567/rachita-panda-mistry-aparna-popat-e.html "Rachita Panda-Mistry"]. TimesContent and the 1982 Asian Games along with many other international tournaments. She has also been the captain for Indian Women's Hockey Team{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Will-SRK-score-for-Indian-hockey/articleshow/2168548.cms | title=Will SRK score for Indian hockey? | newspaper=The Times of India | date=3 July 2007}} during the 1983 Woman’s World Cup Kuala Lumpur.

Early life and education

D'Silva was born in Mumbai, and attended Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Matunga.{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbais-khalsa-college-alumni-meet-on-platinum-jubilee-1642894 | title=Mumbai's Khalsa college alumni meet on platinum jubilee | publisher=DNA | date=28 January 2012}}

As of 2013, she was living in Mumbai, India.

Career in hockey

D'Silva played for the Western Railway Woman’s Hockey Team, 1979 - 1996. She represented, Bombay, Western Railway and Indian Railways at various tournaments held all over India during these years.

In 1979 she represented India in the Woman’s World Cup Vancouver - CANADA. In 1980 represented India at the Olympic Games in Moscow.{{cite book|author=Teresa Albuquerque|title=To love is to serve: Catholics of Bombay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g746AAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Heras Institute of Indian History and Culture}}

She was on the winning team representing India at the 1981 Asian Women’s Hockey Championship Japan,{{cite book|title=Link|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-G9DAAAAYAAJ|year=1981|publisher=United India Periodicals}} the 1981 Quadrangular Tournament Singapore, and the 1982I ndo – German Series Germany. She represented India at the 1982 Asian Games New Delhi, and again as captain in 1983 at the World Cup Kuala Lumpur. In 1991 The Padma Shree Award was presented to her by the President of India.[http://hockeyindia.org/hall-of-fame-padma-shri-award "Padma Shri Award for outstanding civilians"]. Hockey India.

References

External links

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102447/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ds/selma-dsilva-1.html Bio]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110722064659/http://www.qbtpl.net/ioa/new/medal_asian.htm Medal data]

Category:1960 births

Category:Living people

Category:Field hockey players from Mumbai

Category:Olympic field hockey players for India

Category:Field hockey players at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Category:Sportswomen from Maharashtra

Category:Indian female field hockey players

Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports

Category:Field hockey players at the 1982 Asian Games

Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India

Category:Asian Games field hockey players for India

Category:Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games