Otilia Mascarenhas

Otilia Mascarenhas is an Indian field hockey player from Goa. She is a former member and captain of the Indian women’s hockey team during the 60s. She received Arjuna Award in 1973. She is a sports medicine doctor. She now lives in Cologne, Germany.

Early life Mascarenhas was born in Goa. She shifted to Pune to study at the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. Later, she went to Germany to study sports medicine. She married Lothar Brunst, a former football player in the German second division.

Career Mascarenhas was part of the Indian women's hockey team that played the 1971 World Cup where India finished eighth. In October 2013, about 11 years after the death of her uncle the imposter sold the property for Rs.7,000,000.

In March 2017, police managed to arrest Moises Fernandes, one of the main accused in the Otilia Mascarenhas land grab case, was arrested by the Goa Police Economic Offences Wing after a three year hunt.

Legacy A sports ground in Pune was named after her as Oitlia Mascarenhas Sports Ground, AFMC, Pune. The sports stadium in the Armed Forces Medical College in Pune, where she studied, has been named after her . She has also been recognized in the “Hall of Fame” in the All-India Armed Forces Medical Services.