Ajmina Kujur

Ajmina Kujur (born 9 December 2001) is an Indian field hockey player from Odisha. She plays as a midfielder. She plays for Indian Oil Corporation in the domestic tournaments and for the India hockey team in Hockey5s team.

Early life
Ajmina hails from Panposh, near Rourkela, in Sundergarh district. Her father Cyril Kujur, a Catholic Christian. She learnt her basics from her first coach Amulyananda Bihari.

Career
Ajmina made her debut for India under-21 team in February 2019 at Lucknow against France. Then she played the 4 Nations Junior Women Invitational Tournament at Dublin in June 2019 and later played the 3 Nations Invitational Tournament in Canberra, Australia in December 2019. Her big moment came when she represented the country in the Junior World Cup in April 2022 at Potchefstroom, South Africa. Later, she also represented India in the Hockey5s tournaments starting with Hero Hockey5s tournament in Lausanne in June 2022. Then she played in the Women's Hockey5s Asia Cup at Salalah, Oman in August 2023. In January 2024, she was part of the Indian team at the inaugural FIH Hockey5s World Cup held in Muscat, Oman. She was also in the National Camp probables in October 2023.

Cash award
Ajmina received an award of Rs.12,50,000 from Odisha government for playing for the Indian women's hockey team.