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{{short description|Indian field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name           = Amit Rohidas
| image          = Amit Rohidas.jpg
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| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1993|5|10|df=y}}
| birth_place    = Saunamara, [[Sundergarh district|Sundergarh]], [[Odisha]], India
| height         = 1.79 m<ref>{{cite web |title=ROHIDAS Amit |url=https://www.worldcup2018.hockey/men/players/rohidas-amit__70528__4212 |website=www.worldcup2018.hockey |publisher=[[International Hockey Federation]] |accessdate=3 March 2019}}</ref>
| position       = Defender
| currentclub    = [[Railway Sports Promotion Board]]
| clubs1         = Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
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| clubs2         = [[Railway Sports Promotion Board]]
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| nationalyears1 = 2013
| nationalteam1  = [[India men's national under-21 field hockey team|India U21]]
| nationalcaps1  = 22
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| nationalyears2 = 2013–
| nationalteam2  = [[India men's national field hockey team|India]]
| nationalcaps2  = 156
| nationalgoals2 = 22
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[field hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]|[[Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Field hockey at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2022 Asian Games|2022 Hangzhou]]|[[Field hockey at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2018 Asian Games|2018 Jakarta]]|[[Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's Hockey Asia Cup|Asia Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2017 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|2017 Dhaka]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2013 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|2013 Ipoh]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's Asian Champions Trophy|Asian Champions Trophy]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2023 Men's Asian Champions Trophy|2023 Chennai]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey Champions Trophy|Champions Trophy]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|2018 Breda]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Birmingham]]|[[Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's FIH Hockey World League|Hockey World League]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League|2016–17 Bhubaneswar]]|[[2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup|Junior Asia Cup]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2012 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup|2012 Malacca]]|}}
}}

'''Amit Rohidas''' (born 10 May 1993) is an Indian [[field hockey]] player from Odisha.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amit Rohidas |url=http://orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=NzE3 |website=Orisports |access-date=28 December 2022 }}</ref> He plays as a defender for the [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian national team]] and is also the vice-captain of the team. He was a part of the Indian squad that won the bronze medal at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]]. He also won gold medal in [[2022 Asian Games]] in Hangzhou.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Asian Games Results |url=https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/hockey/result-men-fnl-000200-.htm |access-date=6 October 2023 |website=2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Rohidas was born on 10 May 1993 in Saunamara village of [[Sundergarh district]]. He started playing hockey in his village and joined the Panposh Sports Hostel in [[Rourkela]] in 2004.

He was selected in the national junior team in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=HIL is the best thing to happen in my life: Amit Rohidas|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/HIL-is-the-best-thing-to-happen-in-my-life-Amit-Rohidas/articleshow/17901530.cms|accessdate=12 November 2017|work=The Times of India|date=5 January 2013}}</ref> Rohidas was selected in the senior squad for the [[2013 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|2013 Asia Cup]] in [[Ipoh]] where the Indian team won the silver medal. He made a comeback to the Indian side in 2017. Rohidas is the tenth international hockey player to play in the Olympics from Odisha and also the first non-tribal hockey Olympian from Odisha.<ref>{{cite news|title=It has taken me 12 years to be part of Olympic squad, says hockey player Amit Rohidas|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2021/jul/13/it-has-taken-me-12-years-to-be-part-of-olympic-squad-sayshockey-player-amit-rohidas-2329509.html|website=The New Indian Express|date=13 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Long Journey of Amit Rohidas, from Sidelines to Stardom |url=https://stick2hockey.com/the-long-journey-of-amit-rohidas-from-sidelines-to-stardom/ |website=stick2hockey.com |last=Sharma |first=Satish |access-date=28 December 2022 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{International Hockey Federation|2549}}
* [https://hockeyindia.altiusrt.com/people/156 Amit Rohidas] at [[Hockey India|HockeyIndia.altiusrt.com]]
* [https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/amit-rohidas-profile-129 Amit Rohidas] at [[Hockey India|HockeyIndia.org]]
* {{Olympics.com|amit-rohidas}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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