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| birth_date = 27 September 1956<br />
| birth_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], India<br />
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| known for = Women's hockey<br />
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'''Eliza Nelson''', née '''Eliza Mendonca''', is an Indian field hockey player<ref name="Indian Sports Portal">{{cite web|url=http://theindiansportal.com/news/index.php/womens-hockey-association-of-maharashtra |title=Indian Sports Portal |publisher=Indian Sports Portal |date=2015 |access-date=9 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710062403/http://theindiansportal.com/news/index.php/womens-hockey-association-of-maharashtra |archive-date=10 July 2015 }}</ref> and a former captain of the [[India women's national field hockey team|women's national field hockey team]] of India.<ref name="Eliza Nelson">{{cite web | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/eliza-nelson-1.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418063527/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/eliza-nelson-1.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2020-04-18 | title=Eliza Nelson | publisher=Sports Reference | date=2015 | access-date=9 July 2015}}</ref> Born in a [[Goan people|Goan family]] on 27 September 1956 at [[Pune]] in the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]], Nelson played for the [[Indian Railways]]<ref name="Eliza Nelson" /> and led the Indian national team that won the gold medal at the [[1982 Asian Games|9th Asian Games]] held at New Delhi in 1982.<ref name="Poor planning cost us medal in 1980 Olympics">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Poor-planning-cost-us-medal-in-1980-Olympics-Eliza-Nelson/articleshow/15145975.cms | title=Poor planning cost us medal in 1980 Olympics | newspaper=Times of India | date=25 July 2012 | access-date=9 July 2015}}</ref> She was also a member of the team that secured fourth place at the Moscow [[1980 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="Eliza Nelson" /><ref name="Poor planning cost us medal in 1980 Olympics" /> She received the [[Arjuna Award]] in 1981<ref name="Arjuna Awardees List">{{cite web | url=http://newschoupal.com/2010/08/06/arjuna-awardees-list/ | title=Arjuna Awardees List | publisher=News Choupal | date=6 August 2010 | access-date=9 July 2015}}</ref> and the [[Government of India]] awarded her the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1983.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |access-date=18 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[India women's national field hockey team]]<br />
* [[1980 Summer Olympics]]<br />
* [[1982 Asian Games]]<br />
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[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports]]<br />
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[[Category:Field hockey players from Pune]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic field hockey players of India]]<br />
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[[Category:Asian Games medalists in field hockey]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1982 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]]<br />
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