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Further Personal Information | |
| Residence | India |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | Bharat Petroleum Corporation: Bangalore, IND |
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| Memorable sporting achievement | "Whenever India beats Pakistan." (hockeyindia.co.un, 24 Feb 2011) |
| Famous relatives | His father Vinod played hockey for India. (indianexpress.com, 26 Nov 2010) |
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| Why this sport? | "I used to play with my father, uncle and elder brother. I really fell in love with the game playing with them." |
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| Most influential person in career | "My family, especially my father and uncle because they introduced me to hockey." (hockeyindia.co.un, 24 Feb 2011) |
| Awards and honours | Named Best Player at the 2002 Akhbar El-Yom International invitational U21 tournament in Cairo, Egypt. (Rediff, 20 Oct 2002) |
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| Name of coach | Michael Nobbs [national] |
| Preferred position / style / stance / technique | Forward |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He began playing hockey at age seven. |
Further Personal Information | |
| Occupation | Athlete |
| Languages | Hindi |
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| Coach from which country? | Australia |
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| Other information | PERSONAL LOSS He suffered a personal loss before the 2005 Junior Hockey World Cup in Rotterdam, Netherlands, when his father passed away. Khandekar was training with the Indian team in Frankfurt, Germany, at the time. He rushed back to India to attend his father's funeral, and three days later was back in Rotterdam to play for India. "I feel my dad is still alive and watching me. He was my first coach." (Indian Field Hockey, 31 Jul 2005) |