IMAGE: Indian hockey midfielder Salima Tete was honoured with the award for her spectacular efficiency in 2022. Photograph: Hockey India
The Indian Women’s Hockey Team midfielder Salima Tete was honoured with the AHF Emerging Player of the Year Award for her spectacular efficiency in the yr 2022 on Friday.
The 20-year-old was offered with the award at the Asian Hockey Federation’s Annual General Meeting that befell in Korea.
Speaking on the honour, Salima expressed gratitude to the Asian Hockey Federation and in addition praised her group members for his or her fixed help. “I sincerely thank the Asian Hockey Federation for recognising the onerous work that we’ve got completed on the floor over the years,” Salima stated.
“But this journey wouldn’t have been doable with out the fixed help that I’ve obtained from my teammates and the teaching employees who’ve at all times given me the confidence to play in response to my strengths and have given me the freedom to specific myself. I hope to proceed to carry out in a similar way in the years to come back” she added.
Salima has been an integral half of the Indian group set-up over the previous couple of years and was named the Rising Player of the Tournament at the Women’s Asia Cup 2022 event that befell in Muscat in January final yr. She made her debut for the Senior Women’s Team in the yr 2016 in the Test collection towards Australia, earlier than serving to the Indian Women’s Junior Hockey Team win a Silver medal at the third Youth Olympic Games 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Salima was half of the Indian Senior Women’s Hockey Team that completed in the fourth place at the Tokyo Olympics after which went on to be an element of the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup 2021, Potchefstroom, South Africa group that additionally attained the 4th place. The midfielder additionally performed a key function for the Indian group that attained a third-place end in the FIH Women’s Hockey Pro League 2021/22 earlier than serving to the Indian group clinched the Bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham.
Salima was additionally an important member of the Indian group that gained the Gold medal at the FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup Spain 2022.
Hockey India President, Padma Shri Dr Dilip Tirkey additionally congratulated the younger midfielder for the award and thanked her for her contribution to Indian Hockey. “I congratulate Salima Tete for being honoured with this award. It at all times provides me immense pleasure to see our Indian gamers getting the recognition they deserve on the international stage.
“She has been an asset to the Indian group for the previous couple of years now, regardless of being one of the youngest members of the group. We are assured that she is going to proceed to soar even greater in the years to come back.”
Hockey India Secretary General Shri Bhola Nath Singh additionally praised Salima for her achievement. “It is at all times a particular second for us at Hockey India when one of our gamers receives awards for his or her onerous work. Salima Tete has been a particular participant and we’re actually delighted to see her obtain success and get recognition on such a grand stage.
“I congratulate her for receiving the honour and hope to see her add extra feathers to her caps in the years to come back.”
