Jatin Sharma

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GOLD

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SILVER

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BRONZE

Athlete Bio

Age

Hometown

South San Francisco, CA

Education

Junipero Serra High School, University of California, Santa Cruz

World Championship Experience

Gold - 2023 Hockey5s Pan American Cup (Kingston, Jamaica)
Silver - 2025 Pan American Cup (Montevideo, Uruguay)
Bronze - 2021 Junior Pan American Championship (Santiago, Chile)
4th - 2022 Pan American Cup (Santiago, Chile)
8th - 2026 FIH Hockey Nations (Cape Town, South Africa)
15th - 2021 FIH Odisha Hockey Men's Junior World Cup (Bhubaneswar, India)

Career Highlights

2026: Series against Canada (Surrey, Canada)
2026: Named to the U.S. Men's National Team (June)
2025: Named to U.S. Men's National Team (June)
2023: Named to U.S. Men's National Team (September)
2023: 4-Nations Tournament (Prague, Czech Republic), 3-Nations Tournament (Hangzhou, China)
2022: Named to U.S. Men's National Team (September)
2022: Series against Austria (Vienna, Austria)
2021: Europe Tour (Frankfurt, Germany & Antwerp, Belgium), Series against Canada (Moorpark, Calif.)
2021: Named to U.S. Men's National Team (December)
2021: Named to the U.S. U-21 Men's National Team
2020: Series against South Africa (Durban, South Africa), Recorded first cap on February 8 against South Africa, Junior Series against Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2020: Named to the U.S. U-21 Men's National Team
2019: Junior Series against Chile (Santiago, Chile), Junior U.S. Men's National Team Holland Training Camp (Netherlands), Junior Series against Canada (Moorpark, Calif.)
2019: Named to the U.S. U-21 Men's National Team
2018: Junior Series against Chile (Santiago, Chile), Canada National Championship (Toronto, Canada), Junior Series against Chile (Greenwich, Conn.)
2018: Named to the U.S. U-19 Men's National Team
2017: Named to the U.S. U-19 Men's National Team
2014: Named to the U.S. U-15 Men's National Team

Personal

Son of Balram Kumar and Neelam Sharma...Has a sister, Nitasha Sharma...Joined the USMNT in 2021...Joined the Junior USMNT in 2017...Game Day Mantra: "Don’t make the game bigger than what it is."...Favorite Sports Quote: “If you don’t play to win, don’t play at all.” -Tom Brady...Best Words of Advice: “Control the things you can control."

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Sharma started playing field hockey because of his dad and he is grateful to him for introducing him to this sport that has given him so much.