Bhawna Jat is an Indian athlete best known for participating in the 20-kilometer race walk. She is the first Indian female athlete in her category to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Wiki/Biography
Bhawna Jat was born on Wednesday, January 3, 1996 (26 years old; as of 2022) in Kabra, Rajsamand district, Rajasthan. Her zodiac sign is Capricorn. She attended Neerja Modi School in Rajasthan. Due to family financial difficulties, she did not go to college.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′3″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Bhawna’s father’s name is Shankarlal Jat, who is a farmer.
Bhawna Jat and her father
Her mother’s name is Nosar Devi and she is a housewife.
Bhaana Jat and her mother
She has two brothers, Prakash Jat and Raju Jat. Raju suffered from mental illness.
Bhawna Jat and her brother Prakash Jat
husband
Bahana is unmarried.
Profession
In 2014, she won a gold medal in the West Region Youth Competition and a silver medal in the same event in 2015. In 2016, she participated in the National Inter-State Championships in Hyderabad and completed the event in 1 hour, 52 minutes and 38 seconds. In 2021, she participated in the National Open Championships and broke the national record with a time of 1 hour, 29 minutes and 54 seconds. She was the fastest Indian woman in the category until Priyanka Goswami broke her record on February 13, 2021, in the same event. In 2021, she participated in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics and finished 32nd in the 20-kilometer race walk.
Bhawna Jat competes in Tokyo Olympics
In March 2022, she won a bronze medal at the World Race Walking Championships in Muscat, Oman.
Bhawna Jat wins bronze at World Race Walking Championships
In 2022, she withdrew because she did not train for the Commonwealth Games.
car collection
She owns a Maruti Suzuki Vitara car.
Bhawna Jat poses with her car
Facts/Trivia
- Bhawna is coached by Gurmukh Sihag and Harpreet Singh.
- When she was thirteen years old, her physical education teacher took her to participate in a district-level track and field competition. She participated in the competition and won second place. In an interview, her PT teacher said of her:
She was herding cattle at the time but asked if she could come. When she competes, koi bhi khali event nahi tha (most of the competitions are full). The only competition she can participate in is the 3-kilometer race walk. That’s why she became a race walker. “
- According to Bahana, she used to practice early in the morning to avoid villagers seeing her in shorts.
- She said in an interview that sometimes she competes barefoot and sometimes she borrows shoes from friends to practice.
- In an interview, she revealed that her family’s financial situation was very poor. She lived in a cement house and didn’t even have enough money for two meals a day.
- In 2016, she started working as a ticket collector on the railways in Howrah, West Bengal. She was not given training leave before the Olympics, which is why she had to take a leave of absence without pay. She said in an interview that she had taken away Rs. She had taken a loan of Rs 7 lakh for her brother’s treatment and was worried that she would have to pay interest on the loan of Rs 16,000 if she continued to be furloughed. She further said,
Even while training for the nationals, I was thinking about how to repay the monthly interest of 16,000 rupees. On top of that, I also had to pay for my own training equipment and boarding. If I hadn’t won this race and qualified for the Olympics, I don’t know what I would have done. “
- In 2017, she was unable to compete in the Olympics due to typhoid fever.
- While in Kolkata, she faced many difficulties while practicing due to the local weather conditions. In an interview, she spoke about her time in Kolkata and said:
I knew I wouldn’t be able to progress in Kolkata because the weather made training and recovery very difficult. “
- Her brother Prakash Jat and father are her biggest supporters. Her brother bought her a new pair of shoes worth Rs. 500 for the first time. He was an athlete but gave up his passion to satisfy Bhawna’s needs. He works in a private company with a salary of Rs. 15,000 a month. In an interview, she spoke of her brother’s support and love, saying:
He was also an athlete but quit to allow me to focus on my career. This time he also told me not to worry. He only earns about 15,000 rupees a month but he took a loan to help me. But a lot of people told me it was the wrong decision, and a lot of people laughed at me. But I have to give myself a chance to qualify. “
- In an interview, her coach Siharg said nothing could distract Bahana. She used to go from her point guard to the practice court and back to point guard again.
- After winning many important matches, her coach commented on her outstanding performance by saying:
She is a natural walker. Her movements are very clean and she rarely makes mistakes. Even though she was injured and had typhoid fever, I was very confident that she would end up being a very strong walker. After winning the interstate gold medal, I was very confident that if she continued to focus on her training, she would qualify for the Olympics. “
- In another interview, her coach spoke about the period when Bhawna suffered a lot due to financial issues and family issues. Her coach said of that stage of her life:
Little did he expect to stop her when she chose to train in Rohtak and later in Jaipur. She is the most dedicated athlete you could hope for. “
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