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{{short description|Indian field hockey player}}
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[field hockey]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Field hockey at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1982 Asian Games|1982 Delhi]] | [[Field hockey at the 1982 Asian Games|Team competition]]}}
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'''Gangotri Bhandari''' (born 13 August 1956 in [[Garhwal division|Garhwal]]) is a former player for the [[India women's national field hockey team|Indian Women's Hockey Team]]. She represented India at the [[Hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics#Women.27s Tournament|1980 Summer Olympics]] and [[1982 Asian Games]] along with many other international tournaments. She has also been the wise captain for [[India women's national field hockey team|Indian Women's Hockey Team]] during the Asian Hockey Championship in Kyoto, Japan in 1981. She is currently living with her family and working for NWR Railways as chief office superintendent in its Jaipur division.

== Personal life==
Gangotri Bhandari was born at Pauri Garhwal. She is the first daughter, and has two siblings. She shifted to [[Jaipur]] in 1966 and started playing field hockey as a hobby during her schooling and later played for [[India]] at national and international levels.

== Career ==

===National tournaments===

{| class="wikitable"
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! Year !! Tournament
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| 1974 || XI Jnr Women' National Hockey Championship in Trivandrum
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| 1974 || Senior Women's National Hockey Championship in Jaipur
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| 1976 || XXX Senior Women's Hockey National Championship in Goa
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| 1976 || XXX Women's Hockey National Championship in Pune (Runners up)
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| 1976 || II National Sports Festival for Women in New Delhi
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| 1977 || All India Guru Nanak Women's Hockey in Chandigarh
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| 1977 || Inter Zonal Hockey Championship in Patiala (Gold Medal)
|-
| 1977 || Inter Railway Women's Hockey Championship (Winner)
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| 1978 || Inter Railway Women's Hockey Championship (Winner)
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| 1980 || Rajasthan State Women's Sports Festival in Ajmer
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| 1980 || V National Sports Festival for Women in Jabalpur
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| 1980 || Abel David Memorial Trophy in Pune (Winner)
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| 1980 || 34th Women's Hockey Championship in Indore (Winner)
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| 1981 || XXXV Senior National Women's Hockey Championship in Ahemdabad (Winner)
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| 1982 || II Begum Rasul Trophy Tournament in Pune (Gold Medal)
|-
| 1982 || XXXVI al Women's Hockey Championship in Calicut (Winner)
|}

===International tournaments===
{| class="wikitable"
|-Year !! Tournament
|-
| 1979 || 2nd World Hockey Championship at Vancouver Canada
|-
| 1980 || Olympic Games in MOSCO (4th place)
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| 1981 || Asian Hockey Championship KYOTO Japan (Gold Medal)
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| 1981 || Querdr Angular Tournament at Japan (Gold Medal)
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| 1982 || Indo/German test match in India (Winner)
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| 1982 || Begam Resool Tournament at Pune (Gold Medal)
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| 1982 || Indo/German test match in Germany (Winner)
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| 1982 || Indo/Russia test match in Moscow
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| 1982 || Indo/Russia test match in India (Winner)
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| 1982 || IX Asian Games Delhi (Gold Medal)
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| 1983 || World Cup at Kuala Lumpur
|}

== Achievements ==

Gangotri Bhandari played for the [[India women's national field hockey team|Indian Women's Hockey Team]] in [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 MOSCOW Olympics]] where the team stood 4th position.

She has also played 2nd World Hockey Championship at Vancouver, Canada in 1979 and World Cup at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1983.

===Gold Medals===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Tournament
|-
| 1982 || IX Asian Games at Delhi
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| 1981 || Asian Hockey Championship KYOTO Japan
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| 1981 || Querdr Angular Tournament at Japan
|-
| 1982 || Begam Rasool Tournament at Pune
|}

===Awards===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Award
|-
| 1982 || Manik Swarn Padak
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| 1984 || Rajat Jayanti Puraskar
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| 1985 || The Eminent Youth
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| 1989 || Aravali Award
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| 1991 || Nahar Samman Puraskar
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| 1994 || Maharana Pratap Award
|}

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110722064659/http://www.qbtpl.net/ioa/new/medal_asian.htm Medal Winners (Asian Games)]
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bh/gangotri-bhandari-1.html |title=Gangotri Bhandari |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920132908/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bh/gangotri-bhandari-1.html |archive-date=2011-09-20 |url-status=dead}}

{{India FHW Squad 1980 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:1956 births]]
[[Category:Field hockey players from Jaipur]]
[[Category:Rajasthani people]]
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[[Category:Olympic field hockey players of India]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Indian female field hockey players]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Rajasthan]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian people]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in field hockey]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1982 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games]]

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