Bhajan Kaur is an Indian archer best known for securing a bronze medal in the women’s team recurve event at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.
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Wiki/Biography
Bhajan Kaur was born on Friday, 26 August 2004 (age 19 years; as of 2023) in Ellenabad, Sirsa, Haryana. Bhajan was born in a Jat family. He did his schooling from Nachiketan Public School, Ellenabad, Haryana. She is pursuing her graduation from Chandigarh University, Ajitgarh, Punjab. In eighth grade, a senior at his school left his bow behind, and the teacher suggested Bhajan to use it. Impressed by his shot, the teachers encouraged him and this began his archery journey. In an interview, he told that when he expressed his desire to learn archery to his parents, they were happy but also worried due to financial constraints. Despite this, his father took a loan to buy an archery kit worth Rs. 25,000. She used to practice shot put before changing her sport to archery.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 7″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
Bhajan’s father’s name is Bhagwan Singh, who is a farmer. His mother is a housewife. He has a younger brother and a younger sister.
archery
In 2019, she won a gold medal in the team event at the National Games. In 2020, he competed at the National Games in Maharashtra, earning a gold medal in the team event and a silver medal in the individual event. In 2020, he won a gold medal at the National Games in Jharkhand and achieved another gold medal in the individual event. In 2022, at the National Championship in Alwar, he earned a gold medal in the team event, a silver medal in the mixed team event and a gold medal in the individual event. At the Senior National Championships 2022 in Jammu, he secured third rank and won the gold medal in the individual event as part of the Haryana team. In 2022, he earned silver medals in the mixed team and individual events. In 2022, he won two bronze medals at the National Games.
Bhajan Kaur posing with two bronze medals in the National Games
In 2022, he won a silver medal at the National Ranking Archery Tournament in Maharashtra.
Bhajan Kaur after winning silver medal at the National Ranking Archery Tournament in Maharashtra
In 2022, she won the gold medal in the sub-junior girls recurve categories at the 1st NTPC National Ranking Archery Tournament held at Gachibowli Stadium, Hyderabad. In 2022, he won one gold and two silver medals at the Asia Cup in Iraq. In April 2023, she competed at the Archery World Cup in Antalya, Turkey and reached the semi-finals. On 21 April 2023, he defeated top-ranked Alejandra Valencia in the quarterfinals by a score of 6–5. In June 2023, she finished in the top 10 at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Medellin, Colombia. In July 2023, he competed at the Youth and Cadet World Championships in Limerick and achieved a bronze medal. During the tournament, she defeated Su Hsin-yu of Chinese Taipei by a score of 7–1 in the under-21 women’s recurve individual category.
Bhajan Kaur posing with bronze medal in Youth and Cadet World Championship
In 2023, he won the gold medal in the NTPC Senior National Archery Championship.
Bhajan Kaur posing with gold medal in 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 Bhakta and Simranjit Kaur. They won the bronze medal play-off against the Vietnam team with a score of 6–2.
medal
- 2022: Bronze in women’s team recurve event at the Asian Games
Bhajan Kaur with her team after winning the Asian Games
- 2023: Bronze in the recurve team event at the Hyundai Archery World Cup in Paris, France
Bhajan Kaur with her team after winning the bronze medal at the Hyundai Archery World Cup
- 2023: Bronze at the Youth World Championships in Limerick
Bhajan Kaur posing with the bronze medal in the Youth World Championship
Facts/General Knowledge
- In an interview he talked about his love for sports and said,
I tried shot-put for about a year but got very little success and then I got selected during the trials for the Asian Games. I have fallen in love with this game now. Pressure situations bring out the best in me and I am grateful to seniors like Ankita and Simranjit for guiding me every step of the way.”
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Source: vcmp.edu.vn