Rani Rampal

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Rani Rampal was born in a poor family. Her father is a cart puller and mother a housewife.At the 2009 Champions Challenge Tournament held in Russia, she scored four goals in the finals, helping India secure a Gold. She was named the Top Goal Scorer and the Young Player of the Tournament.Growing up, she had to face a lot of difficulties to fulfill her dream of playing Hockey. At that time, it was too hard for her family to support her training financially.She was also the part of the Junior Hockey Team in the 2013 World Cup where India won the Bronze medal.Rani Rampal was the youngest player ever to play the World Cup 2010 in Canada, at the age of 15 years, and she was the top goal scorer as well, scoring 7 goals.She also played in the 2010 Commonwealth Games and 2010 Asian Games where the Indian team finished fourth.When she joined the team at 14 years old, she had no idea about the Olympics. When they lost in the qualifiers of the Olympics, some of her senior players cried, but she could not understand as to why it was such a big deal.She currently works for the Sports Authority of India, but there was a time she used to work in the railways where she was paid 12 thousand a month.She was supported by the GoSports Foundation and was provided with financial support; as her parents could not pay for her training.Since her childhood, Rani has always dreamt of having a big house for her family; as she spent most of her childhood in a small house. Now, after shining in the sport of Hockey, she owns her dream house.