Eliza Nelson, née Eliza Mendonca, is an Indian field hockey player[1] and a former captain of the women's national field hockey team of India.[2] Born in a Goan family on 27 September 1956 at Pune in the Indian state of Maharashtra, Nelson played for the Indian Railways[2] and led the Indian national team that won the gold medal at the 9th Asian Games held at New Delhi in 1982.[3] She was also a member of the team that secured fourth place at the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics.[2][3] She received the Arjuna Award in 1981[4] and the Government of India awarded her the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1983.[5]
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- ↑ Indian Sports Portal. Indian Sports Portal(2015). Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Eliza Nelson. Sports Reference(2015). Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Poor planning cost us medal in 1980 Olympics(25 July 2012). Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ Arjuna Awardees List. News Choupal(6 August 2010). Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ Padma Shri. Padma Shri(2015). Retrieved 18 June 2015.
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