Krishna Bahadur Pathak is an Indian hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Indian hockey team.
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Wiki/Biography
Krishna Bahadur Pathak was born on Thursday, 24 April 1997 (age 26 years; as in 2023) in Kapurthala, Punjab. Their zodiac sign is Taurus. Krishna completed his schooling from a government school in Kapurthala.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 8″
Weight (Approx): 75 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: dark brown
Family
Krishna Bahadur Pathak is of Nepali origin.
parents and siblings
Krishna Bahadur Pathak’s parents died when he was very young. His mother Tej Kumari Pathak died on 14 March 2007 and his father Tek Bahadur, a crane operator, died on 15 July 2016. Krishna’s parents were immigrants from Nepal who moved to Punjab, India in 1990.
Krishna Bahadur Pathak’s parents
Krishna Bahadur has two elder sisters and one of them is Sabitri Chhetri. He also has an elder brother named Chitra Pathak. All the brothers and sisters of Krishna are settled in Nepal.
Krishna Bahadur Pathak (far left) with his siblings
Wife
Krishna Bahadur Pathak married his longtime girlfriend Nuti Ralte on 26 March 2023. Nuti is also a hockey player from Mizoram.
Krishna Bahadur Pathak with his wife Nuti Ralte during their wedding ceremony in 2023
Religion
Krishna Bahadur Pathak follows Christianity.
Krishna Bahadur Pathak’s Instagram post dedicated to his sisters thanking Jesus
hockey player
Krishna Bahadur Pathak’s hockey talent was recognized at the Rail Coach Factory in Kapurthala, where he initially played. He was then selected as part of the hockey team of Railay Coach Factory and after a few years, Krishna Bahadur was selected by the Indian Oil Corporation men’s hockey team. When Krishna was about 16 years old, he was a regular student of the Surjit Singh Hockey Academy in Jalandhar and later passed the trials of the India men’s national under-19 field hockey team and became a part of the team as a goalkeeper. Following his selection, he represented India in the 2016 Men’s Hockey Junior World Cup which was held in India and the team defeated Belgium with the final score of 2–1.
Krishna Bahadur Pathak with the winning trophy of the 2016 Men’s Hockey Junior World Cup
In the same year, he also represented the Mumbai-based hockey team ‘Dabang Mumbai’ in the fourth season of the professional field hockey tournament ‘2016 Hockey India League’ (HIL).
Krishna Bahadur Pathak (left) representing ‘Dabang Mumbai’ during a match in the 2016 HIL.
In 2017, Krishna Bahadur was part of the Indian hockey team in the 27th edition of the Men’s Australian Hockey League, which was held in Perth, Australia.
Krishna Bahadur Pathak (seated second from right) with his team for the 2017 Australian Hockey League
In the same year, he participated in the Bombay Gold Cup in which he represented the Indian Oil Corporation hockey team in which the team won the tournament final.
Krishna Bahadur Pathak (left) after winning the Bombay Gold Cup in 2017.
In 2018, Krishna Bahadur represented the Indian hockey team in the 2018 Four Nations Invitational tournament held in New Zealand. In the same year, Krishna Bahadur was included in the Indian team that won the bronze medal in the final of the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta. He was also part of the Indian team for the 14th edition of the Hockey World Cup held in Bhubaneswar, India.
Krishna Bahadur Pathak (right) after winning the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.
In 2022, he represented India in the men’s field hockey tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England, in which the Indian hockey team won the silver medal.
Krishna Bahadur Pathak at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham
The following year, Krishna Bahadur represented the Indian hockey team at the 2023 Men’s Asian Champions Trophy and won the title.
Krishna Bahadur Pathak (seated first from right) with his team, which was selected for the 2023 Men’s Asian Champions Trophy
In the same year, he played in the Asian Games 2023 held in Hangzhou, China in which the Indian team won the gold medal.
Krishna Bahadur Pathak posing with his gold medal at the Asian Games 2023
pony
Krishna Bahadur Pathak has an armband tattoo on his left arm that highlights his hockey jersey number ’12’.
Krishna Bahadur Pathak’s left arm tattoo
Krishna also has a tattoo on his right arm depicting his parents with flowers and a Christian cross.
Krishna Bahadur Pathak’s tattoo on his right arm
He has another tattoo on his right hand which reads ‘Mom Dad’ along with a lifeline.
Krishna Bahadur Pathak’s right hand tattoo
Awards and Honors
- 2017: Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament at Bombay Gold Cup
Krishna Bahadur Pathak with the ‘Goalkeeper of the Tournament’ trophy in 2017
- 2023: Goalkeeper of the Year Award at the Hockey India 5th Annual Awards 2022
Krishna Bahadur Pathak to receive ‘Goalkeeper of the Year Award’ in 2022
- 2024: Arjuna Award for outstanding performance in sports
Krishna Bahadur Pathak receiving the Dronacharya Award from the President of India Draupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi
car collection
Krishna Bahadur Pathak owns a Hyundai Alcazar.
Krishna Bahadur Pathak in his car
Facts/General Knowledge
- His father died 2 days before Krishna was to make his international tournament debut, which was a seven-match series against the English junior team. He decided to continue the tournament and did not even attend his father’s funeral in order to represent his country on the international front. Six months after his father’s demise, Krishna Bahadur served as the lead goalkeeper of the Indian hockey team at the 2016 Junior Hockey World Cup.
- Krishna belonged to a very poor family, where his father was not able to make ends meet, which is why Krishna started removing debris at construction sites to provide financial support to his family.
- Krishna Bahadur was never interested in sports; However, his father always wanted him to pursue a career in hockey and thus Krishna joined the Olympian Surjit Singh Hockey Academy in Jalandhar at the age of 12.
- After the death of both his parents, Krishna Bahadur was brought up by his uncle Chandra Bahadur Pathak, who lived in Kapurthala.
Krishna Bahadur Pathak with his uncle Chandra Bahadur Pathak (left)
- When Krishna was about 14 years old and lived in RCF Kapurthala, a hockey match was organized in RCF between Indian Railways and Border Security Force. At that time the Indian Railways team did not have any goalkeeper and then Krishna was asked to play as a goalkeeper for his team.
- He considers Indian hockey player and goalkeeper Parattu Raveendran Sreejesh as his biggest inspiration in goalkeeping.
Krishna Bahadur Pathak (left) with PR Sreejesh
- Krishna Bahadur loves to exercise and his favorite way to exercise is swimming in the pool.
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