FULL NAME: Binita Toppo
GENDER: Female
BORN: 21st November, 1980 (Source: ?)
FAMILY: Father (), Mother ()
HOME ADDRESS: Lulkidihi, Sundargarh, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Studied at the Mahindra College in Ranchi and Sambalpur University
PROFESSION: Employed with Western Railways
TYPE OF PLAYER: Full-back
HOME ACADEMY: Panposh Sports Hostel, Rourkela
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Not known
TEAMS PLAYED FOR: Odisha, Mumbai, India.
INTERNATIONAL CAPS: 33 (Unconfirmed)

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     Represented Mumbai twice in the Senior Women National Championships both at Delhi in June/July 2005 and March, 2006.
*     She was adjudged Best Defender of the Senior Women National Championships in 2005.
*     Led the U-16 Jharkhand state team along with studying at school.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     She was part of the Indian team that finished fourth in the 16th Asian Games hockey competition, held in Guangzhou, China from Nov 13-24, 2010.
*     She was part of the Indian team that finished fifth in the 19th Commonwealth Games hockey competition, held in New Delhi from Oct 5-11, 2010.
*     She was part of the Indian team that finished ninth in the 12th Women’s World Cup, held in Rosario, Argentina from Aug 29-Sept 12, 2010.
*     She was part of the Indian team that won the bronze medal in the inaugural Asian Women’s Champions Trophy, held in Busan, South Korea from July 27-31, 2010.
*     She was part of the Indian women`s team that won the bronze medal in the four-nation women’s tournament, held in Essen, Germany from June 25-27, 2010.
*     She was part of the Indian women`s team that won the Canada-India Cup four-match test series 2-0 against Canada, held in the province of British Columbia from June 15-20, 2010.
*     She was part of the Indian women`s team that won the five-match test series 2-1 against New Zealand, held at different venues in New Zealand from May 15-23, 2010.
*     She was part of the Indian team that emerged champions in the 8-Nation Womens Champions Challenge-II Hockey Tournament, held in Kazan, Russia from 21-27 June, 2009.
*     Led Indian development team that visited Italy and figured in the 3-nation Cup in 2008.
*     Led the Indian women’s hockey team in the Women’s Asia Cup at Hong Kong from Sept 1, 2007.
*     Represented Indian women team at the Asian Games in Doha, December 2006.
*     Represented India at the Women Hockey World Cup at Madrid in 2006.
*     Played for the Indian women team that won the silver medal at the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup Tournament in Delhi, October 2005.
*     Played for the Indian women team that emerged champions in the Four-Nation Tournament at Singapore in August 2004.
*     Played for the Indian team that that lost the four-match test series 0-2 against New Zealand in May, 2004.
*     Played for the Indian team that that lost the three-match test series 0-2 against Australian in April 2004.
*     Played for the Indian team that won the Gold medal at the Hockey Asia Cup in Delhi, February 2004.

OTHER NOTABLE INFORMATION:
*     In May 2011, whe was felicitated by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Jaydev Bhawan, Bhubaneshwar for her contributions to Indian hockey.
*     Made her senior international debut in 2004 during the Australia tour.
*     Made her junior international debut in 2000 as a member of the team that went to Germany.
*     She lost her father at a very young age and her mother worked at a school as a cleaner.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 28 July 2018
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 15 July 2022