Harmanpreet Singh, ___________Win Hockey India Player of the Year Awards 2024, in the seventh Hockey India Annual Awards.

The Correct Answer is Savita Punia.

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• Harmanpreet Singh, Savita Punia Win Hockey India Player of the Year Awards.

Key Points

• Harmanpreet Singh and Savita Punia won the Hockey India Balbir Singh Senior Player of the Year awards in the men’s and women’s categories, respectively.
• Harmanpreet led India to their second consecutive bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and he was part of the Tokyo 2020 bronze medal-winning team.
• Savita Punia was part of the Indian women’s team that narrowly missed a bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, losing to Great Britain in the third-place match.
• Savita Punia also won the Hockey India Baljit Singh Goalkeeper of the Year award for the third time.
• The 7th Hockey India Annual Awards commemorated 100 years of Indian hockey and celebrated India’s World Cup victory in 1975 in Kuala Lumpur.
• The 1975 Men’s World Cup-winning team was honored with the Hockey India Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement award.