{{Short description|Indian field hockey player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox field hockey player | player name = Salima Tete | image = Women's Hockey5s Medallist Ceremony YOG18 14-10-2018 (038) (cropped).jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = Salima Tete at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|12|27}} | birth_place = Simdega, Jharkhand, India | position = Midfielder | years1 = | clubs1 = Hockey Jharkhand | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = | clubs2 = Railways | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2025– | clubs3 = Soorma Hockey Club | caps3 = | goals3 = | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = India U21 | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | nationalteam2 = India | nationalyears2 = 2016– | nationalcaps2 = 150 | nationalgoals2 = 16 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}} {{MedalComp|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Birmingham|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Hangzhou|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Asia Cup}} {{MedalSilver|2025 Hangzhou|}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Muscat|}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Champions Trophy}} {{MedalGold|2023 Ranchi|}} {{MedalGold|2024 Rajgir|}} {{MedalCompetition|FIH Nations Cup}} {{MedalGold|2022 Spain|}} {{MedalCompetition | Youth Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver| 2018 Buenos Aires | Team}} }} '''Salima Tete''' (born 26 December 2001) is an Indian field hockey player.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-12|title=Determined to Perform Consistently for Indian Women's Hockey Team: Salima Tete|url=https://www.news18.com/news/sports/determined-to-perform-consistently-for-indian-womens-hockey-team-salima-tete-3073217.html|access-date=2021-07-05|website=News18|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Patwardhan|first=Deepti|date=2021-05-04|title=The Olympics dreams of Jharkhand's hockey queens|url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com//news/big-story/the-olympics-dreams-of-jharkhand-s-hockey-queens-111620121878216.html|access-date=2021-07-05|website=Mintlounge|language=en}}</ref> On 2 May 2023, she was named as the captain of the India women's national field hockey team.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-05-03 |title=Salima takes baton from Savita as India captain |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/salima-takes-baton-from-savita-as-india-captain/articleshow/109799047.cms |access-date=2024-05-03 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
== Early life and background == Tete is from a village in the Simdega district of Jharkhand. Both her parents work as farmers. Her father also played hockey.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kumar|first=Mrituanjay|title=Hockey players Nikki Pradhan, Salima Tete selected for Olympics|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/state-editions/hockey-players-nikki-pradhan--salima-tete-selected-for-olympics.html|access-date=2021-07-05|website=The Pioneer|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-03 |title=From back of beyond to front and centre: How progressive thinking turned rural Jharkhand into India's women's hockey hotspot |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/hockey/from-back-of-beyond-to-front-and-centre-how-progressive-thinking-turned-rural-jharkhand-into-indias-womens-hockey-hotspot-9052106/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
== Career == She made her debut for the national side in 2017 against Belarus.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-29|title=Tokyo Olympics 2020: Postponement gives Indian women's hockey team scope to improve, says midfielder Salima Tete|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/tokyo-olympics-2020-postponement-gives-indian-womens-hockey-team-scope-to-improve-says-midfielder-salima-tete-8312241.html|access-date=2021-07-05|website=Firstpost}}</ref>
At the 2018 Youth Olympic games, she was the captain of the Indian side, which went on to win a silver medal.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gupta|first=K. A.|date=2021-06-18|title=Two girls from Jharkhand in Tokyo Olympics hockey team {{!}} Ranchi News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/2-girls-from-state-in-oly-hockey-team/articleshow/83616139.cms|access-date=2021-07-05|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
In 2021, she was selected in the Indian squad for the Tokyo Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sadanandam|first=Abishek|date=2021-06-24|title=A look at the Indian women's hockey team going to the Tokyo Olympics|url=https://thebridge.in/hockey/indian-women-hockey-team-tokyo-olympics-22376|access-date=2021-07-05|website=thebridge.in|language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== {{commons category}} *{{sports links}} *[https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/salima-tete-profile-2131 Salima Tete] at Hockey India
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