New Delhi, Oct 10 (PTI) A “flat-footed” athlete, PR Sreejesh had a specific aim in his mind when he decided to become a hockey player –securing 60 marks in annual exams without having to study.

The athletes in Kerala are awarded 60 marks if they make the state team in any sport. So he picked up the stick sport not for the love of it but for the greed of some free marks.

But as fate would have it, the affable Sreejesh grew into one of India’s finest hockey goalkeepers.

He wanted to be a shot putter but that did not happen. Even then hockey was not his choice. He tried his hands at becoming spiker too but that also did not materialise.

“In childhood I tried every sport. I started my career in athletics, shot put to be precise. But when I went to sports hostel I got to learn that I have flat foot and coaches told me people with flat foot can’t excel in athletics ,” Sreejesh said during a visit to

Source: PTI News