Indian men’s hockey team goalkeeper PR Sreejesh appointed as co-chairs along with Chile’s Camila Caram, of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) new Athletes Committee.

Appointment

Indian men’s hockey team goalkeeper PR Sreejesh appointed as co-chairs along with Chile’s Camila Caram, of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) new Athletes Committee. While Caram has been assigned Athletes Committee Representative in the Executive Board, PR Sreejesh will lead the planning and meetings along with Caram in their roles as co-chairs. The FIH Athletes Committee serves as a consultative body and makes recommendations to the FIH Executive Board, FIH Committees, Advisory Panels and other bodies. Sreejesh received the Arjuna Award in 2015 and the Padma Shri in 2017.


      Sreejesh, was first elected as a member of the FIH Athletes Committee in 2017 and has now been appointed as co-chair for the first time.

      The FIH Athletes Committee comprises former and current hockey players.

      The FIH has 140 member countries.

 

     


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