Dipsan Tirkey

{{Short description|Indian field hockey player (born 1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox field hockey player |name= Dipsan Tirkey |image=Dipsan Tirkey.jpg |birth_date={{birth date and age|1998|10|15|df=yes}} |birth_place=Sundergarh, Odisha, India |height= |position=Defender | currentclub = BPCL | clubs1 = BPCL | years1 = | caps1 = | goals1 = |nationalteam1=India |nationalyears1=2017– |nationalcaps1=37 |nationalgoals1=5 |medaltemplates= {{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Asia Cup}} {{MedalGold|2017 Dhaka|}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Jakarta|}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Champions Trophy}} {{MedalBronze|2021 Dhaka|}} {{MedalCompetition|Hockey World League}} {{MedalBronze|2016–17 Bhubaneswar|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Junior World Cup}} {{MedalGold|2016 Lucknow|}} }} '''Dipsan Tirkey''' (born 15 October 1998) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a defender. He was the vice-captain of the Indian squad that won the 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup.

==Life and career== Tirkey was born on 15 October 1998 in Saunamara village of Sundergarh district to a farmer father and housewife mother. Due to his family's difficult financial situation, he had to practice hockey with a borrowed hockey stick on the village roads.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sarkar|first1=Sujata|title=Young hockey star Dipsan Tirkey credits Bhubneswar's Sports Hostel for his success |url=http://www.oneindia.com/sports/young-hockey-star-dipsan-tirkey-credits-bhubneswar-s-sports-hostel-success-2300723.html|accessdate=30 July 2017|work=oneindia.com|date=26 December 2016}}</ref> Inspired by his elder brother Prashant to take up the sport, he joined the State Sports Hostel in Rourkela in 2009 where he learned the game.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ganesan|first1=Uthra|title=From the land of Dilip Tirkey comes another wall of Indian hockey|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/From-the-land-of-Dilip-Tirkey-comes-another-wall-of-Indian-hockey/article16840814.ece|accessdate=30 July 2017|work=The Hindu|date=15 December 2016}}</ref>

Tirkey first played for the India junior team at the 2014 Sultan of Johor Cup. The same year, he was picked by the Kalinga Lancers franchise in the Hockey India League.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hockey getting more popular in Odisha due to HIL: Dipsan Tirkey|url=http://www.oneindia.com/sports/hockey-getting-more-popular-odisha-due-hil-dipsan-tirkey-2309515.html|accessdate=30 July 2017|work=oneindia.com|date=5 January 2017}}</ref> He also captained the Indian junior team for EurAsia Cup in Russia and England tour in July 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dipsan Tirkey to lead Indian hockey juniors at EurAsia Cup, England tour|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Dipsan-Tirkey-to-lead-Indian-hockey-juniors-at-EurAsia-Cup-England-tour/articleshow/52902178.cms|accessdate=30 July 2017|work=The Times of India|date=24 June 2016}}</ref>

Tirkey was the vice-captain and the youngest member of the Indian squad that went unbeaten en route to the title at the 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup in Lucknow.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vasavda|first1=Mihir|title=Hockey Junior World Cup: India colts over the moon|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/hockey/junior-hockey-world-cup-india-colts-over-the-moon-4434320/|accessdate=30 July 2017|work=The Indian Express|date=19 December 2016}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/dipsan-tirkey-profile-101 Dipsan Tirkey] at Hockey India

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tirkey, Dipsan}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:People from Sundergarh district Category:Indian men's field hockey players Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen Category:Field hockey players from Odisha Category:Men's field hockey defenders