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{{Short description|Indian field hockey player}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2025}}
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'''Boby Singh Dhami''' (born 1 July 2002)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boby Singh Dhami - Hockey India |url=https://hockeyindia.org/players/boby-singh-dhami-profile-1782 |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=hockeyindia.org}}</ref> is an Indian field hockey player from [[Uttarakhand]]. He made his senior India debut in April 2024 against Australia in [[Perth]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sportstar |first=Team |date=2024-04-13 |title=IND vs AUS, 5th hockey Test: Australia beats India 3-2, completes 5-0 clean sweep |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/hockey/india-vs-australia-men-5th-hockey-test-2024-ind-v-aus-score-goals-highlights-harmanpreet-singh-paris-olympics/article68061334.ece |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> He plays as a forward for the [[Food Corporation of India]] and Hockey Haryana in the domestic tournaments and for [[Kalinga Lancers]] in the [[Hockey India League|Hero Hockey India League]] 2024.

== Early life and education ==
Dhami is from Katiyani, a village on the Nepal border, [[Pithoragarh district]], Uttarakhand. His father Shyam Singh was a taxi driver and his mother, Hema Devi, is a housewife. He has an elder brother, Sohan. When he was 10, his father met with an accident which resulted in the death of three passengers and he was jailed.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-12-03 |title=Boby Singh Dhami: 'Accidental' hockey player who fought through the toughest of times to play for India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/boby-singh-dhami-accidental-hockey-player-who-fought-through-the-toughest-of-times-to-play-for-india/articleshow/88072742.cms |access-date=2025-01-08 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> In the absence of the sole breadwinner, his mother sent both the boys to live with his brother, Prakash, at Tanakpur and later, started working as a private teacher. Being a hockey coach, Prakash introduced the boys to hockey and soon sent Boby to attend selection trials of the [[Maharana Pratap Sports College]] in Dehradun, and he was selected in March 2012. After his uncle Prakash, his first coaches at the college were Pankaj Rawat and Suresh Botiyal. In 2018, he joined [[Sports Authority of India]] training centre at [[Sonipat|Sonepat]] under coaches Varun Belwal and Piyush Dubey.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sikdar |first=Sandip |date=19 June 2023 |title=India junior star Boby Dhami looks back on a family crisis and his hockey rise |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/hockey/india-junior-star-boby-dhami-looks-back-on-a-family-crisis-and-his-hockey-rise-101687186643948.html |access-date=9 January 2025 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

== Career ==
Dhami made his junior India debut at the [[2021 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup|Junior World Cup]] at Bhubaneswar in December 2021, where India finished fourth.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-06-19 |title=Boby Singh Dhami recollects how father's tragic accident shaped his hockey career |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/boby-singh-dhami-recollects-how-fathers-tragic-accident-shaped-his-hockey-career/articleshow/101103274.cms |access-date=2025-01-08 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> In 2022, he was part of the Indian team which won the Sultan of Johor Cup. In 2023, he was also part of the Indian team which won the [[2023 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup|Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup]]. In April 2024, he made his senior India debut in the fifth hockey test in the away series against [[Australia men's national field hockey team|Australia]] in Perth. Later in June, he was also selected for the [[2023–24 Men's FIH Pro League|2023–24 FIH Pro League]], where he played one match and scored his first goal for India in senior colours.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DHAMI Boby Singh {{!}} India hockey player |url=https://www.fih.hockey/events/others/men/2024-test-matches-aus-v-ind-m-1657/player/dhami-boby-singh-25917 |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=International Hockey Federation |language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:2002 births]]
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[[Category:Indian men's field hockey players]]
[[Category:Men's field hockey forwards]]
[[Category:Field hockey players from Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Hockey India League players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]