Bhajan Kaur (born 26 August 2005) is an Indian archer from Haryana. She was selected for the Indian Archery team for the recurve events at the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.[1][2] Along with Ankita Bhakat and Simranjeet Kaur, she won the Women's team recurve event bronze medal for India.[3] The Indian trio defeated Vietnam team 6-2 in the bronze-medal play-off.[4][5][6]
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| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||
| Born | 26 August 2005 | |||||||||||
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Medal record
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Early life edit
Kaur hails from Ellenabad, Sirsa, Haryana. She did her schooling at Nachiketan Public School, Ellenabad. She is supported by Olympic Gold Quest. Her father is Bhagawan Singh and she has one brother and a sister.[citation needed]
Career edit
- 2023: In August, she was part of the Indian recurve team that won a bronze at the Hyundai Archery World Cup in Paris, France.[7][8]
- 2023: In July, she won a bronze at the Youth World Championships at Limerick. She defeated Su Hsin-Yu of Chinese Taipei 7-1 (28-25, 27-27, 29–25, 30–26) in the U-21 women's recurve individual section.[9]
- 2023: In June, she finished in the top-10 at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 held in Medellin, Colombia.[10][11][12]
- 2023: In April, she made it to the semifinals of the Archery World Cup in Antalya, Turkey.[13] On 21 April in the quarterfinals, Bhajan toppled top seed Aljendra Valencia 6–5.
References edit
- ^ "Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023". Firstpost. 2023-08-26. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ "India make quarters in all six team events; campaign ends in women's individual recurve section". The Economic Times. 2023-10-02. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ Sportstar, Team (2023-10-06). "Asian Games 2023: India wins Bronze in Archery Recurve Women's Team event". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ PTI (2023-10-06). "Asian Games | Indian women's recurve team wins bronze". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ "Asian Games Day 13: India win bronze in women's recurve archery". Firstpost. 2023-10-06. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ "Asian Games 2023, Archery: Indian Women's Recurve team win bronze after beating Vietnam". India Today. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ "India claim recurve team bronze double | World Archery". www.worldarchery.sport. 2023-08-17. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ ANI (2023-08-22). ""This medal will give us confidence before Olympics" : Archery World Cup medallist Simranjeet Kaur". ThePrint. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ "19-year-old archer Salunkhe becomes first Indian to win Youth World Championship in recurve category". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ "World Cup Stage 3: Teen archer Bhajan Kaur grabs top-10 finish in women's recurve qualifiers". The Economic Times. 2023-06-15. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ Scroll Staff (2023-06-17). "Archery World Cup Medellin: Bhajan Kaur-Tushar Shelke reach recurve mixed team bronze medal match". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ "World Cup Stage 3: Teen archer Bhajan Kaur grabs top-10 finish in women's recurve qualifiers". The Times of India. 2023-06-15. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ Singh, Navneet (2023-04-21). "India's teenage recurve archer Bhajan Kaur sails into Archery World Cup semis in Antalya". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2023-10-03.