Background
Vandana Kataria was born on 15 April 1992, in Uttar Pradesh (now in Uttarakhand).
Vandana Kataria was born on 15 April 1992, in Uttar Pradesh (now in Uttarakhand).
She plays as a forward in the Indian national team Vandana tasted success in 2013 emerging as the country’s top goal-scorer, helping India bag a coveted bronze medal in the Junior Women’ World Cup in Monchengladbach, Germany – her five goals made her the third highest goal-scorer of the tournament. She has cited Argentine Luciana Aymar as her favorite player.
Vandana has scored more than 35 goals in 130 appearances for the national team
Her father Nahar Singh works as a master technician in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited. Hailing from Roshanabad village in Haridwar district, Vandana is one of the most improved players upfront for India in the last couple of years. The youngster first made her junior international debut in 2006 before going on to make her senior international debut four years later.
Kataria was picked in the Indian junior team in 2006 and she made it to the senior national team in 2010. She was India"s top scorer in the tournament, having scored 5 goals in 4 games.
My father was called by the media and he had tears in his eyes.
“We clearly missed Vandana during the Hawke"s Bay Cup. At the Round 2 of the 2014-2015 FIH Hockey World League, she finished with 11 goals top-scorer, with India winning the tournament. “In my book, Vandana is one of the top forwards in world hockey.
After qualifying for 2016 Summer Olympics Kataria said:.
She is quick, can score goals, can defend and is improving all the time,” Indian women's hockey team’s stop-gap coach Roelant Oltmans said after her performance in Round 2 League.