Current context: Rani Rampal became the first-ever hockey player to win the prestigious 'World Games Athlete of the Year' award.
a. Sjoerd Marijne
b. Rani Rampal
c. Rajani Etimaru
d. Neha Goyal
- The World Games announced the Indian women's team captain Rani Rampal as the winner on 30th January after 20 days of polling in January 2020 by sports fans worldwide.
- She has won the 'World Games Athlete of the Year' award 2019 with a clear majority of 1,99,477 votes.
- In 2019, India won the FIH Series Finals, and Rani was named Player of the Tournament.
- She was recently named among the Padma Shri awardees 2020.
- Ukraine’s Karate star Stanislav Horuna was second behind Rani with over 92,000 votes and Canadian powerlifting world champion Rhaea stinn was third.
- International World Games Association President: Jose Perurena
- International Hockey Federation CEO: Thierry Weil
- Hockey India President: Mohammad Mushtaque Ahmad
Question:
Q.1 Who has won the prestigious 'World Games Athlete of the Year' award 2019 and became the first-ever hockey player to win the award?a. Sjoerd Marijne
b. Rani Rampal
c. Rajani Etimaru
d. Neha Goyal
