Madhuri Kindo

Madhuri Kindo (born 25 February 2002) is a field hockey goalkeeper and member of the India women's national field hockey team.

Early life and career
She grew up in a farming family in Birmitrapur Odisha. She got interested in hockey by watching her brother Manoj Kindo play hockey, while their father, Shankar Kindo worked in the fields. Inspired by him, she started playing hockey too and joined the Panposh Sports Hostel in 2012. She initially played as a defender but later became a goalkeeper. Madhuri participated in several national championships representing Odisha, and in 2021, she was selected for the Indian junior team. Madhuri's performance at the Junior Women's Asia Cup 2023 in Japan helped her team win the gold medal. She received a job offer from Western Railways in Mumbai.

In April 2024, Madhuri joined the Indian team during an evaluation camp at SAI Bengaluru.

She was part of the Odisha team that finished 5th in the 11th Hockey Indian Junior Women National Championships in Simdega, Jharkhand, from October 20-29, 2021. She was the goalkeeper for the Hockey Gangpur-Odisha team, which won the bronze medal in the 8th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship (Division-A) held in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, from April 26 to May 6, 2018. Additionally, she represented Hockey Gangpur-Odisha in the 8th Senior Women National Hockey Championship (Division-A) in Ranchi, Jharkhand, from February 1-11, 2018.