# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/varun-kumar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:57:51.766Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/varun-kumar"
name: "Varun Kumar"
slug: "varun-kumar"
description: "Varun Kumar is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a defender for Punjab Warriors in the Hockey India League and the Indian national team. He was part of the Indian team that won a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics."
tagline: "Indian field hockey player (1995-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Varun_Kumar.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1995-07-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.53945333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/varunhockey"
    handle:    "varunhockey"
sources:
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    title: "瓦伦·库马尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Varun Kumar (field hockey)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وارون کومار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varun_Kumar"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "वरुण कुमार (हॉकी खेळाडू)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ਵਰੁਨ ਕੁਮਾਰ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Varun Kumar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кумар, Варун"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ᱵᱟᱨᱩᱱ ᱠᱩᱢᱟᱨ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "వరుణ్ కుమార్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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