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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian field hockey player (born 1990)}}<br />
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{{Infobox field hockey player<br />
| name = Birendra Lakra<br />
| fullname = <br />
| image = Birendra Lakra.jpg<br />
| caption = Lakra in 2017<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|2|3|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Lachchada, [[Sundargarh district|Sundargarh]], [[Odisha]], India<br />
| height = 1.67 m<br />
| weight = 68 kg<br />
| position = Defender<br />
Arjuna awardee<br />
| currentclub = BPCL<br />
| clubs1 = [[Chandigarh Comets]]<br />
| years1 = 2012<br />
| caps1 = <br />
| goals1 = <br />
| clubs2 = BPCL<br />
| years2 = <br />
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| clubs3 = [[Orissa Steelers]]<br />
| years3 = {{0|0000}}–2008<br />
| caps3 = <br />
| goals3 = <br />
| clubs4 = [[Ranchi Rhinos]]<br />
| years4 = 2013–2014<br />
| caps4 = 15<br />
| goals4 = 0<br />
| clubs5 = [[Ranchi Rays]]<br />
| years5 = 2015–2017<br />
| caps5 = <br />
| goals5 = <br />
| clubs6 = BPCL<br />
| years6 = 2017–2022<br />
| caps6 = <br />
| goals6 = <br />
| clubs7 = [[Team Gonasika]]<br />
| years7 = 2024–2025<br />
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| nationalteam1 = [[India men's national field hockey team|India]]<br />
| nationalyears1 = 2012–2022<br />
| nationalcaps1 = 208<br />
| nationalgoals1 = 10<br />
| updated = 5 August 2021<br />
|medaltemplates=<br />
{{MedalSport|Men's [[field hockey]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalOlympic}} [[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]|[[Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Field hockey at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]]|[[Field hockey at the 2014 Asian Games – Men|Team]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2018 Asian Games|2018 Jakarta]]|[[Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament|Team]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's Hockey Asia Cup|Asia Cup]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2013 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|2013 Ipoh]]|}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2022 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|2022 Jakarta]]|}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey Champions Trophy|Champions Trophy]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|2018 Breda]]|}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Hockey Champions Trophy|Asian Champions Trophy]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2016 Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|2016 Kuantan]]|}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2012 Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|2012 Doha]]|}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIH Hockey World League|World League]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League|2015 Raipur]]|[[2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final|Team]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League|2015 Bhubaneswar]]|[[2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final|Team]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 Glasgow]]|[[Hockey at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament|Team]]}}<br />
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'''Birendra Lakra''' (born 3 February 1990) is an Indian former [[field hockey]] player. He represented India in men's field hockey and recently came out of retirement alongside [[Rupinder Pal Singh|Rupinderpal Singh]] and captained the Indian team in the [[Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament|men's tournament of field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games]], held in [[Jakarta|Jakarta, Indonesia]], winning a bronze medal. In the [[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo Olympics]] also, he also served as the vice-captain of Indian team.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Birendra Lakra was born on 3 February 1990 in the village of Lachchada in the [[Sundergarh district|Sundargarh District]] of [[Odisha]], on the border with [[Jharkhand]]. He was born to a family belonging to an [[Kurukh people|Oraon tribe]].{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
Birendra Lakra is a player for the Rourkela Steel Plant's SAIL Hockey Academy.<ref>{{cite news |title= Profile: Birendra Lakra |url= http://sports.ndtv.com/olympics-2012/india/profiles/item/193844-london-olympics-2012-birendra-lakra-hockey |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130216133629/http://sports.ndtv.com/olympics-2012/india/profiles/item/193844-london-olympics-2012-birendra-lakra-hockey |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2013-02-16 |publisher= [[NDTV]] |date= 2012-07-20 |access-date= 2013-01-17 }}</ref> He was included in the Indian junior team for the first time for the Singapore tour in 2007. He represented India in the Test series against South Africa in 2012, in the [[Hockey Champions Challenge I|Champions Challenge tournament]] in South Africa in 2011, at the SAAF Games at Dhaka in 2010, at the Youth Olympics at Sydney in 2009 and at the Junior World Cup at Singapore in 2009.<br />
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He scored the first goal in India's victory in the final game of the Olympic Hockey Qualifying Tournament against France. He played a key role in taking India in to the semifinals of [[2012 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|2012 Champions Trophy]]. India defeated Belgium with the help of a single goal that was produced by the pass given by Birendra Lakra to the forward{{Clarify|reason=Which player scored the goal?|date=February 2019}}. With this India reached the semifinals of the Champions Trophy for the first time in eight years.<br />
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At the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]], Lakra won a silver medal with India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/hockey/1008120/birendra_lakra.html|title=Glasgow 2014 - Birendra Lakra Profile|website=g2014results.thecgf.com|access-date=2019-02-25|archive-date=30 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130165155/http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/hockey/1008120/birendra_lakra.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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===Hockey India League===<br />
In the auction of the inaugural [[Hockey India League]] season, Lakra was bought by the [[Ranchi]] franchise for US$41,000<ref>{{cite news |title= Hockey India League Auction: the final squads list |url= http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hil-auction-as-the-teams-shape-up/310745-5-136.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121219014754/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hil-auction-as-the-teams-shape-up/310745-5-136.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2012-12-19 |publisher= [[CNN-IBN]] |date= 2012-12-16 |access-date= 2013-01-17}}</ref> with his base price being US$9,250. The Ranchi team was named [[Ranchi Rhinos]]. The team finished first in the [[2013 Hockey India League|inaugural season]] and third in the [[2014 Hockey India League|2014 season]]. Following disputes between the franchise and [[Hockey India]], the team decided to pull out, after which Lakra signed with the [[Ranchi Rays]] franchise from the [[2015 Hockey India League|2015 season]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Ranchi Rhinos make way for the Ranchi Rays |url= http://www.austinsmith.co.za/blog/ranchi-rhinos-make-way-for.html |publisher= austinsmith.co.za |access-date= 23 January 2015 |archive-date= 3 August 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200803083221/http://www.austinsmith.co.za/blog/ranchi-rhinos-make-way-for.html |url-status= dead }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/birendra-lakra-profile-121 Birendra Lakra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127085108/https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/birendra-lakra-profile-121 |date=27 November 2021 }} at [[Hockey India]]<br />
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