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Born | (1956-09-27) 27 September 1956 (age 67) Pune, Maharashtra, India | ||||||||||||||
Occupation | Field hockey player | ||||||||||||||
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Eliza Nelson, née Eliza Mendonca (born 27 September 1956), is an Indian field hockey player[1] and a former captain of the women's national field hockey team of India.[2] She received the Arjuna Award in 1981[3] and the Government of India awarded her the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1983.[4]
Eliza was born in a Goan familyatPune, Maharashtra. She has two brothers, Augustine and Felix, and two sisters, Irene and Salome. She married Darryl, a hockey player from Kerala, and lives a retired life in Pune. She has two daughters. Andrea is a director of a pharma firm in the US and Rebecca is a fashion designer in Mumbai.[5]
Eliza Nelson joined the Western Railway hockey team in 1977. And she played for the Indian Railways[2] She led the Indian national team that won the gold medal at the 9th Asian Games held at New Delhi in 1982.[6] She was also a member of the team that secured fourth place at the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics.[2][6] In 2001, she became the Sports Officer of Central Railway.[5]
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