FULL NAME: Jyoti Chhatri
GENDER: Female
BORN: 8th March 2003 (Source: Hockey India)
FAMILY: Father (Bhim Singh Chhatri), Mother (Suman Chhatri), Elder brothers (Santosh Kumar Chhatri and Suraj Kumar Chhatri)
ORIGINAL HOME ADDRESS: Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
PRESENT ADDRESS: Tisco Quarry Site, Panposh, Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India.
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Plus-Two final year Arts student of Hrushikesh Ray Mahavidyalaya, Rourkela. Earlier did her Matriculation at Birsa Munda Vidyapitha, Panposh, Rourkela.
TYPE OF PLAYER: Mid-fielder
TRAINING CENTRE/ACADEMY: Government Sports Hostel, Panposh, Rourkela and Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Centre, Bhubaneswar
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Florencia Ekka, Amulyananda Bihari, P Lakshminarayan, Amit Kumar, Sandeep Kaur, Janneke Schopman
TEAMS PLAYED FOR: Hockey Gangpur-Odisha, Hockey Odisha, Hockey Association of Odisha, Odisha Naval Tata Hockey HPC and India Junior Women
IDOL: Manpreet Singh (India)

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     She was Captain of the Hockey Association of Odisha team that won the Bronze medal at the 12th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh on 3rd April 2022.
*     She was captain of the Odsha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Centre team that won the Bronze medal in the 1st Hockey India Junior Women Academy National Championship, held at Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar, 17-26 March 2021.
*     She was Captain of the Odisha U-17 women hockey team that won Bronze medal at the 3rd Khelo India Youth Games in Guwahati on 20 January, 2020.
*     She was part of the Hockey Gangpur-Odisha team that won the Bronze medal at the 8th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship (Division-A) in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on 6 May 2018.
*     She was the Captain of the Hockey Gangpur-Odisha team that won the Bronze medal in the 8th Sub-Junior Women National Hockey Championship (Divison-A), held at Hissar, Haryana from Jan 10-21, 2018.
*     She was part of the Hockey Gangpur-Odisha team that reached quarterfinals in the 7th Hockey India Sub-junior Women National Championship (Division-A), held at Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu from Jan 11 to 22, 2017.
*     She was part of the Odisha team that won the Silver medal in the 62nd National School Games Hockey Tournament (U-14 Girls) at Rohtak, Haryana on 1 December 2016.*     Represented Hockey Gangpur-Odisha in the 6th Sub-junior Women National Hockey Championship, held at Rohtak, Haryana from Feb 8 to 14, 2016.
*     She was part of the Odisha team that won the Gold medal in the 61st National School Games Hockey Tournament (U-14 Girls) at Ranchi, Jharkhand on 8 January 2016.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     She was part of the Indian Senior Women Team that finished 7th in the FIH Pro League 2023-24, losing all of their eight matches during the European Leg, played in Antwerp (Belgium) and London (England) from 22 May to 9 June 2024.
*     She was part of the Indian Women Hockey Team that won 3 matches and lost 5 in the home leg of the 5th FIH Hockey Pro League, held at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar and Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium, Rourkela between 3-18 February 2024.
*     She was part of the Indian women team that won the Silver medal at the 1st FIH Hockey 5s World Cup in Muscat, Oman on 27 January 2024.
*     She was part of the Indian team that finished ninth in the 10th FIH Hockey Women Junior World Cup, held in Santiago, Chile from 29 November to 10 December 2023.
*     She was part of the Indian Senior Women Team that lost all 3 matches (2 against Germay, 1 against China) during their tour of Germany between 16-19 July 2023.
*     She was part of the Indian team that won the Gold medal for the first time at the Women Junior Asia Cup Hockey Tournament in Kakamigahara, Japan on 11 June 2023.
*     She was part of the Indian Junior Women Team that won four matches and drew one during their South Africa tour from 17-25 February 2023.
*     She was part of the Indian Junior Women Hockey Team that won the Silver medal in the Uniphar U-23 Five-Nations Tournament, held in Dublin, Ireland from 19-26 June 2022.

MISCELLANEOUS:
*     She was part of the Sports Hostel Odisha team that won the Bronze medal in the 2nd Khelo India Women (U-21) Hockey League (2nd & Final Phase), held in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh from 29 March to 11 April 2023.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     On 20 February 2024, Odisha Government announced a cash award Rs 12.5 lakh in her favour for representing the Indian team that won the silver medal at the FIH Hockey 5s Womens World Cup, 2024 held in Muscat, Oman.
*     Made her senior international debut against China in the first of 3 test matches during their tour of Germany on 16 July 2023.
*     Under her captaincy, Odisha won four medals in National championships.
*     As captain she likes to give freedom to teammates to play their natural game.
*     Joined Sports Hostel, Panposh in 2014 and Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Centre, Bhubaneshwar in 2021.
*     Took up the game in 2014, inspired by her brother who himself was a goalkeeper.
*     Her father is a mason by profession but worked as a watchman and as a helper cookat Government Sports Hostel, Panposh, Rourkela.
*     Her family faced a major difficulty when government authorities served a notice to vacate their 20-year-old house to make way for widening of road. But after media stories of their plight, the authorities assured to provide them land for a new house.
*     Her father moved from Ranchi to Rourkela in 1988.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 17 February 2016
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 9 June 2024