{"id":55065,"date":"2021-10-09T06:05:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T06:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=55065"},"modified":"2022-09-12T13:02:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T07:32:40","slug":"indian-hockey-players-sweep-fih-stars-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/indian-hockey-players-sweep-fih-stars-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian hockey players sweep FIH Stars Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Indian hockey players<\/strong>&nbsp;swept the 2020-21 edition of the&nbsp;<strong>FIH Stars Awards<\/strong>, the international hockey federation (FIH) announced. The winners were decided based on an online poll conducted from&nbsp;<strong>August 23 to September 15<\/strong>&nbsp;which saw national associations, represented by their respective national captains and coaches, players, media, and hockey fans cast their votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Votes from national associations counted for 50 percent of the overall result, while fans and players (25%) as well as media (25%), accounted for the other half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indian hockey teams enjoyed phenomenal success during the 2020-21 season with the men\u2019s team putting up commanding performances in the handful of matches they played in the FIH Pro League and eventually clinching the bronze medal at&nbsp;Tokyo 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FIH Stars Awards 2020-21: Winners list<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Player of the Year:&nbsp;<strong>Harmanpreet Singh (men)&nbsp;<\/strong>and<strong>&nbsp;Gurjit Kaur (women)<\/strong><\/li><li>Goalkeeper of the Year:&nbsp;<strong>PR Sreejesh (men)&nbsp;<\/strong>and<strong>&nbsp;Savita Punia (women)<\/strong><\/li><li>Rising Star of the Year:&nbsp;<strong>Vivek Sagar Prasad (men)&nbsp;<\/strong>and<strong>&nbsp;Sharmila Devi (women)<\/strong><\/li><li>Coach of the Year:&nbsp;<strong>Graham Reid (men)&nbsp;<\/strong>and<strong>&nbsp;Sjoerd Marijne (women)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian hockey players&nbsp;swept the 2020-21 edition of the&nbsp;FIH Stars Awards, the international hockey federation (FIH) announced. The winners were decided based on an online poll conducted from&nbsp;August 23 to September 15&nbsp;which saw national associations, represented by their respective national captains and coaches, players, media, and hockey fans cast their votes. 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