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Muscat, 9 November (Hindustan Times). Indian hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh was crowned Men's Player of the Year and his former compatriot PR Sreejesh was named Men's Goalkeeper of the Year, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced late on Friday.
Following a vote by an expert panel, representing the national federations, the captains and coaches of their respective national teams, fans and the media, Yibby Jensen (Netherlands), Harmanpreet and other players were selected for the 2024 edition of the gala night of the 49th FIH Statutory Congress in Oman. Awarded by FIH Players.
China's Ye Jiao and India's PR Sreejesh won the FIH Goalkeeper of the Year awards, while the FIH Rising Stars awards went to Argentina's Joe Diaz and Pakistan's Sufyan Khan.
For the second consecutive year, China women's team head coach Alison Annan (Australia) was awarded the FIH Coach of the Year award in the women's category, while Jeroen Delmy (Netherlands) won the FIH Coach of the Year award in the men's category.
Scotland's Sarah Wilson and Australia's Steve Rogers won the FIH Umpire of the Year awards in the women's and men's categories respectively.
Ybby Jensen performed brilliantly at the Paris 2024 Olympics, where she led the Netherlands to another gold medal, including the equalizing goal in the gold medal match with less than 10 minutes remaining in the match, sending her team back into the competition. and eventually reached the top step of the podium. At just 24 years old, Jensen is already one of the most successful players in hockey and already tops the list of all-time top goal scorers in the FIH Hockey Pro League.
In the men's category, Harmanpreet Singh received the highest number of votes from all categories of voters. Like Ybby Jensen in the women's competition, the Indian captain led the scoring charts at the Paris 2024 Olympics with 10 goals, including goals in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and the bronze medal match against Spain, which India won 2-1. By winning, he secured his second consecutive podium finish at the Olympics.
Harmanpreet was also a key part of the Indian team that broke its 41-year podium drought at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. He has previously won the FIH Player of the Year award on two occasions in 2020–21 and 2021–22.
PR Sreejesh was part of the bronze medal winning team of Paris Olympics. He capped off his illustrious career at the Paris 2024 Olympics, adding a second Olympic medal to his trophy cabinet and now gets a chance to add a third FIH Goalkeeper of the Year award, having previously won the award in 2020-21 and 2021-22. Had won. Sreejesh bid farewell to hockey at the highest level, having put together an incredible Olympic campaign, which included a huge performance in India's quarter-final win over Great Britain, where he played most of the match with 10 men.
