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{{short description|Indian field hockey player}}
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{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Subhadra Pradhan
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|06|05|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Saunamara, [[Sundergarh district|Sundergarh]], [[Odisha]],<br>India
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| position = [[Field hockey#Formations|Halfback]]
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| clubs1 = South Eastern Railway
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| clubs2 = [[HC 's-Hertogenbosch|HC Den Bosch]]
| years2 = 2007
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| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national under-21 field hockey team|India U21]]
| nationalyears1 = 2000–2005
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| nationalteam2 = [[India women's national field hockey team|India]]
| nationalyears2 = 2003–2012
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{{MedalSport|Women's [[field hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]]|[[Hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Field hockey at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]]|[[Field hockey at the 2006 Asian Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Afro-Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2003 Afro-Asian Games|2003 Hyderabad]]|[[Field Hockey at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Hockey Asia Cup|Asia Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2004 Women's Hockey Asia Cup|2004 New Delhi]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2009 Women's Hockey Asia Cup|2009 Bangkok]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Asian Champions Trophy|Asian Champions Trophy]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2010 Women's Asian Champions Trophy|2010 Busan]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup|Junior Asia Cup]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2004 Hyderabad|}}
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'''Subhadra Pradhan''' (born 5 June 1986) is an Indian former [[field hockey]] player, who represented the [[India women's national field hockey team]].

==Early life==
Subhadra Pradhan was born on 5 June 1986 in Saunamara, a small town in [[Odisha]] to an [[Adivasi]] family.<ref name="Subhadra Pradhan" /> She did schooling in Birsa Munda school<ref>{{cite web| title= Subhadra Pradhan - Indian Hockey Team |url= http://www.stick2hockey.com/View-Bio-Data/Subhadra%20Pradhan/13.html |publisher= Stick2hockey |accessdate= 19 July 2013}}</ref> and pre-university education in Khalsa College, [[Patiala]].<ref name="Subhadra Pradhan">{{cite web |title= Profile of Subhadra Pradhan, Indian Hockey Player in CWG 2010 |url= http://www.delhispider.com/resources/3124-Profile-Subhadra-Pradhan-Indian-Hockey-Player.aspx |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100902091131/http://www.delhispider.com/resources/3124-Profile-Subhadra-Pradhan-Indian-Hockey-Player.aspx |url-status= usurped |archive-date= 2 September 2010 |publisher= Delhispider |date= 31 August 2010 |accessdate= 19 July 2013}}</ref> She tutored at the Panposh Hockey Hostel at [[Rourkela]] during her initial days and started her career in hockey in 1997.<ref name="Marriage" />

==Career==
Subhadra Pradhan was included in India's junior team in 2000 and she led the junior team to a third-place finish at the Junior Asia Cup in October/November 2004. She made her senior debut in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title= Woman Hockey Star Subhadra Pradhan marries |url= http://www.stick2hockey.com/Article/Women-Hockey-Star-Subhadra-Pradhan-marries/3106.html |publisher= Stick2hockey.com |date= 19 April 2009 |accessdate= 19 July 2013}}</ref> She was a part of the senior team that won the gold medal in the 2004 [[Women's Hockey Asia Cup|Asia Cup]] and the silver medal at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]]. In 2007, Subhadra Pradhan and [[Jasjeet Kaur Handa|Jasjeet Kaur]] became the first Indian women to play for a European club, when they played for the Dutch club [[HC 's-Hertogenbosch|HC Den Bosch]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title= First women to play as professionals |url= http://limcabookofrecords.in/recorddetails.aspx?recid=544 |publisher= Limca Book of Records |accessdate= 19 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Jasjeet, Subhadra to play for Dutch club |url= http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/25/stories/2007082555681800.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120706094845/http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/25/stories/2007082555681800.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 6 July 2012 |date= 25 August 2007 |newspaper= [[The Hindu]] |accessdate= 19 July 2013}}</ref> She was awarded the 'Player of the Tournament' in the 2009 Asia Cup where India finished second.<ref>{{cite news |title= China wins Women's Asia Cup |url= http://www.fih.ch/en/news-2370-china-wins-women-s-asia-cup |publisher= International Hockey Federation |date= 9 November 2009 |accessdate= 19 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Hockey heroines return to rousing welcome |url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091111/jsp/jharkhand/story_11726528.jsp |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130359/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091111/jsp/jharkhand/story_11726528.jsp |url-status= dead |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |newspaper= The Telegraph |date= 11 November 2009 |accessdate= 19 July 2013}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Subhadra Pradhan married Pradeep Naik in April 2009.<ref name="Marriage">{{cite magazine |title= Hockey queen Subhadra ties the knot |url= http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=658504 |magazine= Outlookindia |date= 18 April 2009 |accessdate= 19 July 2013}}</ref> She is employed with the South Eastern Railway and is currently stationed in [[Ranchi]].<ref name="Marriage" /> 
==Awards and honours==
In 2006, she was given the [[Ekalavya Award]] for her contribution to Indian hockey.<ref>{{cite news |title= Woman Hockey star Subhadra to receive Ekalabya Award |url= http://news.oneindia.in/2006/05/15/woman-hockey-player-subhadra-to-receive-ekalabya-award-1147762325.html |work= Oneindia |date= 16 March 2006 |accessdate= 19 July 2013}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://www.bharatiyahockey.org/khiladi/stree/subhadra_pradhan.htm Profile at ''Bharatiyahockey'']

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[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian female field hockey players]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian people]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]
[[Category:Asian Games field hockey players for India]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games field hockey players for India]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in field hockey]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Field hockey players from Odisha]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekalavya Award]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Odisha]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:HC Den Bosch players]]
[[Category:Expatriate field hockey players]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in field hockey]]

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