Rani Rampal (Born on 4 December 1994 in Shahbad, Haryana) is an Indian field hockey player. At the age of 15, she was the youngest player in the national team which participated in the 2010 World Cup. Rani came from a poor family, her father works as a cart-puller. In 2003, Rani came into field hockey and trained by Dronacharya Award winner Baldev Singh at the Shahbad Hockey Academy. She is considered to be one of the best women hockey players in the world. Rani worked as Assistant Coach with Sports Authority Of India and she has worked as junior clerk in the Indian Railways.
In June 2009, Rani played in the Champion's Challenge Tournament held in Kazan, Russia and drove India to a win by scoring 4 goals in the finals. She was announced "The Top Goal Scorer" and the "Young Player of the Tournament".
Rani Rampal was instrumental in winning the silver medal for the Indian team in 2009 Asia Cup held in Qatar. Rani was included in the FIH Women's All Star Team of 2010 also involved the All Star team of the Asian Hockey Federation based on her performance in 2010 Asian Games at Guangzhou, where the Indian team came in fourth position.
In 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup held in Rosario, Argentina, Rani slashed a total of seven goals which placed Team India in the ninth place in World Women's hockey rankings. This is India's best performance since 1978. Rani is the only Indian to be nominated for the 2010 FIH Women's Young Player of the Year Award. She was conferred the "Best Young Player of the Tournament" award at the Women's Hockey World Cup 2010, recognizing her stellar presentation as the top field goal scorer in the event.
Rani was announced the 'Player of the Tournament' at the 2013 Junior World Cup, where Team India finished with a bronze medal. She has been named for FICCI Comeback of the Year Award 2014. Ranie was awarded with the Arjuna award in 2016.
Rani Rampal was part of 2017 Women's Asian Cup, and they also won the title second time in 2017 at Kakamigahara in Japan, for the first time the trophy was brought in year 2004, due to this they got selected for world cup which was held in 2018. Rani commanded the Indian women's hockey team as captain in 2018 Asian Games, where Inidan Women’s Hockey Team won a silver medal.
In 2019. Rani Rampal became the first-ever hockey player to win the prestigious "World Games Athlete of the Year" award. Ranie was also awarded with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India.
