FULL NAME: Nikita Toppo
NICK NAME: Niki
GENDER: Female
BORN: 6th July, 2003 (Source: Hockey India)
PARENTS: Father (Late Teophil Toppo), Mother (Asha Toppo)
HOME ADDRESS: Kukuda, Rajgangpur, Sundargarh, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Plus-Two final year Arts student of Kalyani Ray Mahavidyalaya, Rourkela. Earlier studied at Birsa Munda Vidyapitha, Rourkela.
TYPE OF PLAYER: Mid-fielder (Also played as defender and penalty corner specialist for State teams)
TRAINING PLACE: Sports Hostel, Panposh (Rourkela) and Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Centre, Bhubaneswar
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Florencia Ekka and Sandeep Kaur
TEAMS REPRESENTED: Hockey Gangpur-Odisha Sub-junior Women, Senior Women; Odisha U-17 Women, Odisha Junior Women, Hockey Association of Odisha Junior Women, India Junior Women

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     She was part 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 part of the Odisha team that finished 5th in the 11th Hockey Indian Junior Women National Championships, held in Simdega, Jharkhand from 20-29 October 2021.
*     She was part 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 part 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.
*     Represented Hockey Gangpur-Odisha in the 8th Senior Women National Hockey Championship (Division-A), held at Ranchi, Jharkhand from Feb 1 to 11, 2018.
*     She was a member 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 Odsha team that won the silver medal in the 62nd National School Games Hockey Tournament, held at Rohtak, Haryana from 27 Nov to 1 Dec 2016.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     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.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Nikita lost her father and mother during childhood.
*     Of her two elder brothers, Biraj and Saroj, the former died in an accident in February 2022.
*     She grew up under the care of elder father Joseph Toppo and his wife Manju Toppo.
*     Joined Government Sports Hostel, Panposh in 2016 and Odisha Naval Tata Hockey HPC in 2020.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 22 January 2018
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 4 March 2023