Vandana Katariya

Quick Facts

Full Name	Vandana Katariya
Occupation	Indian field hockey player
Date Of Birth	Apr 15, 1992(1992-04-15)
Age	32
Birthplace	Uttar Pradesh
Country	India
Horoscope	Aries

Vandana Katariya Biography

Vandana Katariya is one of the most popular and richest Indian field hockey player who was born on April 15, 1992 in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Vandana Katariya (born 15 April 1992) is an Indian field hockey player. She plays as a forward in the Indian national team. Vandana rose to prominence in 2013, being India’s top goal-scorer in the 2013 Women’s Hockey Junior World Cup, where India won a bronze medal; she scored five goals in the tournament, the third by any player.

Katariya was picked in the Indian junior team in 2006 and she made it to the senior national team in 2010. She was a part of the team that won bronze at the 2013 Junior World Cup in Mönchengladbach, Germany. She was India’s top scorer in the tournament, having scored 5 goals in 4 games. In an interview she called the bronze medal her favorite moment, “It has to be when we won the bronze medal at the World Cup in Germany. My father was called by the media and he had tears in his eyes. So, making my father proud is the best moment of my hockey career.” She won her 100th cap while playing against Canada in 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. “We clearly missed Vandana during the Hawke’s Bay Cup. Her being back in the team strengthens our attack as she is good with speed and skill, to break the defence chain, which at times leaves the opponents on the back foot,” said Kataria’s 21-year-old teammate Poonam Rani. Katariya was honored with Hockey India’s Player of the Year Award in

2014. At the Round 2 of the 2014–15 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. 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. In November 2016, Katariya was retained as the skipper of the Indian women’s hockey team for the Test Series against Australia and led the team in Melbourne from 23 to 30 November.

Vandana Katariya Net Worth

Vandana Katariya is one of the richest Indian field hockey player from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vandana Katariya 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Katariya was born on 15 April 1992, in Uttar Pradesh (now in Uttarakhand). Her father Nahar Singh works as a master technician in BHEL. 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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Vandana Katariya height 1.59 m Varun weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

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Facts & Trivia

Varun Ranked on the list of most popular Indian field hockey player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Vandana Katariya celebrates birthday on April 15 of every year.