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{{Infobox field hockey player<br />
|name= Dipsan Tirkey<br />
|image=Dipsan Tirkey.jpg<br />
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1998|10|15|df=yes}}<br />
|birth_place=[[Sundergarh district|Sundergarh]], [[Odisha]], India<br />
|height=<br />
|position=[[Field hockey#Positions|Defender]]<br />
| currentclub = BPCL<br />
| clubs1 = BPCL<br />
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|nationalteam1=[[India men's national field hockey team|India]]<br />
|nationalyears1=2017–<br />
|nationalcaps1=37<br />
|nationalgoals1=5<br />
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[field hockey]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's Hockey Asia Cup|Asia Cup]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2017 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|2017 Dhaka]]|}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2022 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|2022 Jakarta]]|}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's Asian Champions Trophy|Asian Champions Trophy]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2021 Men's Asian Champions Trophy|2021 Dhaka]]|}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's FIH Hockey World League|Hockey World League]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League|2016–17 Bhubaneswar]]|[[2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final|Team]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey Junior World Cup|Junior World Cup]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup|2016 Lucknow]]|}}<br />
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'''Dipsan Tirkey''' (born 15 October 1998) is an Indian [[field hockey]] player who plays as a [[Field hockey#Positions|defender]]. He was the vice-captain of the Indian squad that won the [[2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup]].<br />
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==Life and career==<br />
Tirkey was born on 15 October 1998 in Saunamara village of [[Sundergarh district]] to a farmer father and housewife mother. Due to his family's difficult financial situation, he had to practice hockey with a borrowed [[Field hockey stick|hockey stick]] on the village roads.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sarkar|first1=Sujata|title=Young hockey star Dipsan Tirkey credits Bhubneswar's Sports Hostel for his success |url=http://www.oneindia.com/sports/young-hockey-star-dipsan-tirkey-credits-bhubneswar-s-sports-hostel-success-2300723.html|accessdate=30 July 2017|work=oneindia.com|date=26 December 2016}}</ref> Inspired by his elder brother Prashant to take up the sport, he joined the State Sports Hostel in [[Rourkela]] in 2009 where he learned the game.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ganesan|first1=Uthra|title=From the land of Dilip Tirkey comes another wall of Indian hockey|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/From-the-land-of-Dilip-Tirkey-comes-another-wall-of-Indian-hockey/article16840814.ece|accessdate=30 July 2017|work=The Hindu|date=15 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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Tirkey first played for the India junior team at the [[2014 Sultan of Johor Cup]]. The same year, he was picked by the [[Kalinga Lancers]] franchise in the [[Hockey India League]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hockey getting more popular in Odisha due to HIL: Dipsan Tirkey|url=http://www.oneindia.com/sports/hockey-getting-more-popular-odisha-due-hil-dipsan-tirkey-2309515.html|accessdate=30 July 2017|work=oneindia.com|date=5 January 2017}}</ref> He also captained the Indian junior team for EurAsia Cup in Russia and England tour in July 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dipsan Tirkey to lead Indian hockey juniors at EurAsia Cup, England tour|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Dipsan-Tirkey-to-lead-Indian-hockey-juniors-at-EurAsia-Cup-England-tour/articleshow/52902178.cms|accessdate=30 July 2017|work=The Times of India|date=24 June 2016}}</ref><br />
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Tirkey was the vice-captain and the youngest member of the Indian squad that went unbeaten en route to the title at the [[2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup]] in [[Lucknow]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vasavda|first1=Mihir|title=Hockey Junior World Cup: India colts over the moon|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/hockey/junior-hockey-world-cup-india-colts-over-the-moon-4434320/|accessdate=30 July 2017|work=The Indian Express|date=19 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/dipsan-tirkey-profile-101 Dipsan Tirkey] at [[Hockey India]]<br />
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[[Category:1998 births]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Sundergarh district]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male field hockey players]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players from Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:Male field hockey defenders]]<br />
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