Surender Kumar

{{short description|Indian field hockey player (born 1993)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}

{{Use Indian English|date=October 2024}}

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Surender Kumar

| image =Surender Kumar.jpg

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption =Kumar in August 2022

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|11|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Karnal, Haryana, India

| height = 1.79 m{{cite web |title=KUMAR Surender |url=https://www.worldcup2018.hockey/men/players/kumar-surender__70514__4212 |website=worldcup2018.hockey |publisher=International Hockey Federation |accessdate=7 February 2019}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Food Corporation of India

| clubs1 = Food Corporation of India

| years1 =

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| nationalyears1 = 2013

| nationalteam1 = India U21

| nationalcaps1 = 11

| nationalgoals1 =

| nationalyears2 = 2013–

| nationalteam2 = India

| nationalcaps2 = 178

| nationalgoals2 = 4

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}}

{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}

{{MedalOlympic}} File:Olympic rings.svg

{{MedalBronze|2020 Tokyo|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Jakarta|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asia Cup}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Dhaka|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Champions Trophy}}

{{MedalSilver|2016 London|}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Breda|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Champions Trophy}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Kuantan|}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Muscat|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Birmingham|Team}}

}}

Surender Kumar (born 23 November 1993) is an Indian field hockey player, who plays as a defender for the Indian national team.

He was born to Malkhan Singh and Neelam Devi on 23 November 1993. He is from Karnal, Haryana.{{cite news|title= Bronze after 4 decades: Hockey star Surender Kumar didn't let Covid bog him down|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sports/bronze-after-4-decades-hockey-star-surender-kumar-didnt-let-covid-bog-him-down-293733 |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The Tribune |date=10 August 2021 |archive-url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/hockey/festival-at-surender-s-home-in-haryana-after-olympic-bronze-in-hockey-101628151772289.html|archive-date=10 August 2021 |url-status=live }}

He was part of the Indian hockey team that participated in the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.{{cite news |last1=Ganesan |first1=Uthra |title=Surender: from wilderness to Rio |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/Surender-from-wilderness-to-Rio/article14486783.ece |access-date=17 January 2017 |work=The Hindu |date=14 July 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170114125616/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/Surender-from-wilderness-to-Rio/article14486783.ece |archive-date=14 January 2017 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Rio 2016: India lose 1-2 to Germany in men's hockey |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/india-in-olympics-2016/hockey/Rio-2016-India-lose-1-2-to-Germany-in-mens-hockey/articleshow/53604282.cms |access-date=17 January 2017 |work=The Times of India |agency=Press Trust of India (PTI) |date=8 August 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170117180735/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/india-in-olympics-2016/hockey/Rio-2016-India-lose-1-2-to-Germany-in-mens-hockey/articleshow/53604282.cms |archive-date=17 January 2017 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=21 women athletes going to Rio Olympic from Haryana |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/21-women-athletes-going-to-rio-olympic-from-haryana/articleshow/53234558.cms |access-date=17 January 2017 |work=The Economic Times |agency=Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) |date=16 July 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161228221108/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/21-women-athletes-going-to-rio-olympic-from-haryana/articleshow/53234558.cms |archive-date=28 December 2016 |url-status=live }}