Bhajan Kaur is an Indian archery athlete, famous for winning the bronze medal in the women’s team recurve event at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.
Wiki/Biography
Bhajan Kaur was born on Friday, August 26, 2004, in Ellenabad, Sirsa, Haryana (age 19; as of 2023). Bhajan was born into a Jat family. She attended Nachikotan Public School, Ellenabad, Haryana. She is pursuing her degree from Chandigarh University, Ajitgarh, Punjab. In eighth grade, a senior at her school left her bow behind, and the teacher suggested Bajan use it. The teachers were impressed with her archery and encouraged her, marking the beginning of her archery journey. She mentioned in an interview that when she expressed her desire to learn archery to her parents, their parents were happy but also worried because of financial constraints. Despite this, her father took a loan to buy archery equipment worth Rs. 25,000. She used to practice shot put before switching her competition to archery.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Bhajan’s father, named Bhagwan Singh, was a farmer. Her mother is a housewife. She has a brother and a sister.
archery
In 2019, she won the gold medal in the National Games team event. In 2020, she participated in the Maharashtra National Games and won a gold medal in the team event and a silver medal in the individual event. In 2020, she won a gold medal at the Jharkhand National Games and another gold medal in an individual event. In 2022, she won the gold medal in the team event, the silver medal in the mixed team event and the gold medal in the individual event at the National Championships in Alwar. At the 2022 Senior National Championships in Jammu, she was part of the Haryana team that finished third and won the gold medal in the individual event. In 2022, she won silver medals in mixed team and individual events. In 2022, she won two bronze medals at the National Games.
Bhajan Kaur poses with two bronze medals at the National Games
In 2022, she won a silver medal at the Maharashtra National Archery Ranking Tournament.
Bhajan Kaur wins silver medal in Maharashtra National Archery Ranking Tournament
In 2022, she won the junior women’s recurve gold medal at the first NTPC National Archery Ranking held at the Gachibowli Stadium in Hyderabad. In 2022, she won one gold and two silver medals at the Asian Cup in Iraq. In April 2023, she participated in the Archery World Cup in Antalya, Turkey and reached the semi-finals. On April 21, 2023, she defeated top-ranked Aljandra Valencia 6-5 in the quarterfinals. In June 2023, she entered the top ten in the third stage of the Archery World Cup in Medellin, Colombia. In July 2023, she participated in the Junior and Junior World Championships in Limerick and won a bronze medal. During the competition, she defeated Chinese Taipei player Su Xinyu 7-1 in the U-21 women’s recurve individual competition.
Bhajan Kaur wins bronze at Youth and Junior World Championships
In 2023, she won the gold medal at the NTPC National Senior Archery Championships.
Bhajan Kaur wins gold at NTPC Senior National Archery Championship
At the 2022 Asian Games, she won a bronze medal in the women’s team recurve event along with Ankita Bhakat and Simranjeet Kaur. In the bronze medal play-off, they defeated the Vietnamese team with a score of 6-2 and won the bronze medal play-off.
medal
- 2022: Asian Games women’s team recurve bronze medal
Bhajan Kaur with her team after Asian Games win
- 2023: Bronze Medal in Recurve Team Competition at the Modern Archery World Cup in Paris, France
Bhajan Kaur and her team win bronze medal at Hyundai Archery World Cup
- 2023: Bronze medal at World Youth Championships in Limerick
Bhajan Kaur wins bronze at Youth World Championships
Facts/Trivia
- In an interview, she discussed her love for the game, saying:
I tried the shot put for about a year with little success and then got selected in the Asian Games trials. I’m in love with this sport now. Stressful situations bring out the best in me and I am grateful to seniors like Ankita and Simranjeet for guiding me along the way. “
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education