# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eliza-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:00:58.318Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eliza-nelson"
name: "Eliza Nelson"
slug: "eliza-nelson"
description: "Eliza Nelson, née Eliza Mendonca, is an Indian field hockey player and a former captain of the women's national field hockey team of India. She received the Arjuna Award in 1981 and the Government of India awarded her the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1983."
tagline: "Indian field hockey player"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1956-09-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.070914666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ఎలిజా నెల్సన్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "এলিজা নেলসন"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eliza Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "എലീസ നെൽസൺ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eliza Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "எலிசா நெல்சன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump