Bhajan Kaur

Bhajan Kaur (born 26 August 2005) in a Jat family. Is an Indian archer from Haryana. She is named in 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]

Bhajan Kaur
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (2005-08-26) 26 August 2005
Sport
SportArchery
Medal record
Representing  India
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2022 HangzhouWomen's team recurve

Early life

Kaur hails from Haryana.

Career
  • 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
  1. "Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023". Firstpost. 2023-08-26. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  2. "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.
  3. Sportstar, Team (2023-10-06). "Asian Games 2023: India wins Bronze in Archery Recurve Women's Team event". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  4. PTI (2023-10-06). "Asian Games | Indian women's recurve team wins bronze". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  5. "Asian Games Day 13: India win bronze in women's recurve archery". Firstpost. 2023-10-06. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  6. "Asian Games 2023, Archery: Indian Women's Recurve team win bronze after beating Vietnam". India Today. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  7. "India claim recurve team bronze double | World Archery". www.worldarchery.sport. 2023-08-17. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  8. ANI (2023-08-22). ""This medal will give us confidence before Olympics" : Archery World Cup medallist Simranjeet Kaur". ThePrint. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  9. "19-year-old archer Salunkhe becomes first Indian to win Youth World Championship in recurve category". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  10. "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.
  11. Staff, Scroll (2023-06-17). "Archery World Cup Medellin: Bhajan Kaur-Tushar Shelke reach recurve mixed team bronze medal match". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  12. "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.
  13. 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.
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