Varun Kumar Hockey Player Biography: Achievements, Personal Life, Family, Unknown Facts & Social Media -

Varun Kumar Hockey Player Biography

Varun Kumar is an Indian field Hockey player who plays as a defender in the national side and will be representing the country in the upcoming Commonwealth Games 2022.

Name	Varun Kumar
Profession	Hockey Player
Father’s Name
Mother’s Name
Nationality	Indian
Religion	Hindu
Ranking	9th
Highest Ranking	4th
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Date of Birth	25th July 1995
Birthplace	Punjab, India
Age as of now(21st July 2022)	26 years old
Marital Status	Unmarried

Varun Kumar Early Life:

Varun Kumar is born in Punjab and started playing Hockey when he was in school.

He represented his home state of Punjab in the Junior National Championships in 2012 and did pretty well there but due to injury his progress was hindered for 2 years but he made comeback in 2014 was subsequently signed by Punjab Warriors in the Hockey India League.

Post first edition he was retained for next two seasons for the year 2015 & 2016 respectively. He emerged as the top-scorer for India during the four-nations Invitational tournament in Spain and eventually he was selected for the Junior World Cup side.

Varun Kumar Professional Life:

Varun Kumar made his debut for India senior team in 2017 and since then he has played 109 matches and scored 28 goals and his other professional achievements include winning gold medal in 2017 Asia Cup held in Dhaka Bangladesh.

He was also member of Indian team who clinched gold and bronze medal in Muscat Champions trophy &, Tokyo Olympics held in 2018 and 2020 respectively.

Varun also plays for BPCL at senior level.

Varun Kumar Commonwealth Games 2022:

Varun Kumar has been selected to represent India in the upcoming Commonwealth Games 2022 will be expected to stand up for the team in the crunch phase of the game. Let’s have a look at the list of India’s squad for the upcoming Commonwealth Games 2022 in detail:

Goalkeepers: PR Sreejesh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak

Defenders: Varun Kumar, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh (vice captain), Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh

Midfielders: Manpreet Singh (captain), Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Shamsher Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Nilakanta Sharma

Forwards: Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek.

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Varun Kumar Family:

Varun Kumar’s family originally hails from Himachal Pradesh but his father used to work as a driver in Punjab.

Himachal government announced prize money for Kumar once India clinched bronze medal in Tokyo Olympics and Varun was part of the squad. He is currently employed at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited in Noida.

Varun Kumar Records & Achievements:

Serial Number	Events & Years	Achievements
1	Asia Cup 2017, Dhaka	He was member of Indian team who clinched gold medal
2	Muscat Champions Trophy, 2018	He was member of Indian team who clinched silver medal
3	Dhaka Champions Trophy, 2021	He was member of Indian team who clinched bronze medal
4	Tokyo Olympics 2020	He was member of Indian team who clinched bronze medal

Varun Kumar Unsung Facts:

Varun Kumar family originally hails from Dalhousie, District Chamba, Himachal Pradesh but later he moved to Punjab and started playing Hockey at school level and ultimately represented his home state of Punjab in Junior National Championships held in 2012 and doing well in those competitions earned a call for him in Junior National team.

Varun Kumar Social Media Profile:

Varun Kumar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/varunkumarhockey/

Varun Kumar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/varunhockey/?hl=en

Varun Kumar Twitter: https://twitter.com/varunhockey?lang=en

Varun Kumar Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varun_Kumar_(field_hockey)

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