Salima Tete has been appointed as an AHF Athlete Ambassador for a two-year time period (Twitter/@TheHockeyIndia)
Salima Tete accepted the certificates and the place in the course of the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Congress in Mungyeong, Korea
National ladies’s hockey workforce midfielder Salima Tete was on Thursday appointed the AHF Athletes Ambassador from India for a time period of two years, beginning March 25.
Tete accepted the certificates and the place in the course of the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Congress in Mungyeong, Korea.
Tete, who led the Indian ladies’s junior hockey workforce to a fourth-place end on the 2021 FIH Women’s Junior World Cup in Potchefstroom, South Africa, is amongst 4 gamers from Asia to be appointed for the place.
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As the AHF Athletes Ambassador, Tete, together with the opposite chosen athletes from Asia, will play a management position in worldwide illustration, improvement, and advocacy of athletes.
She will even be working in direction of selling consciousness about athletes’ rights and welfare from the area.
“I’m honoured to be chosen as one of many AHF Athletes Ambassadors. As athletes from Asia, we face quite a lot of challenges in our careers. This place will enable me to deliver our voices to the entrance. I hope to make a constructive influence on the lives of athletes from the area with this place,” Tete mentioned in a Hockey India assertion.
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“I thank the Asian Hockey Federation for showcasing their faith in me and also express my gratitude to Hockey India for their constant support in all my endeavours.” HI president Dilip Tirkey additionally congratulated Tete for the honour and mentioned, “It is a pleasure to see one in every of our Indian gamers being named as one of many AHF Athletes Ambassadors. Salima (Tete) has been one of many brightest gamers for India over the previous couple of years and has already showcased her qualities as a frontrunner on the sector. “We are assured that she’s going to work for the betterment of the game and the gamers and can make a constructive influence on our beloved sport on a worldwide stage.”
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