- Lalremsiami from Mizoram (age 19 years) has been named as the 2019 FIH Women's Rising Star of the Year by the International Hockey Federation.
- She took the prize ahead of Argentina's Julieta Jankunas and Frederique Malta of the Netherlands.
- Lalremsiami got 40% of all the votes cast. She got 47.7% of her votes from among national associations.
- Lalremsiami first came into the wider hockey consciousness at the Hockey Women's World Cup in 2018 when she was one of the stand-out players of the tournament.
Published On : 11 Feb 2020
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