Bhajan Kaur

Bhajan Kaur

Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Born	(2005-08-26) 26 August 2005 (age 19) Ellenabad, Haryana, India
Sport
Sport	Archery
Medal record Women's recurve archery Representing   India Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Team Asian Championships 2023 Bangkok Team World Youth Championships 2023 Limerick Individual

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 held in 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 the Vietnamese team 6–2 in the bronze-medal play-off. ^{[4] [5] [6]} On 16 June 2024, she won a gold in the final Olympic qualifier at Anatalya, Turkey. She represented India at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Paris. ^[7]

Early life

Kaur hails from Ellenabad, Sirsa, Haryana. ^[8] She did her schooling at Nachiketan Public School, Ellenabad. ^[9] She is supported by Olympic Gold Quest. Her father Bhagawan Singh is a farmer, and she has a brother and a sister. ^[10]

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. ^{[11] [12]}
• 2023: In July, she won a bronze at the Youth World Championships held in Limerick, Ireland. 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. ^[13]
• 2023: In June, she finished in the top 10 at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 held in Medellin, Colombia. ^{[14] [15] [16]}
• 2023: In April, she made it to the semifinals of the Archery World Cup in Antalya, Turkey. ^[17] On 21 April in the quarterfinals, Bhajan toppled the top seed, the Mexican archer Alejandra Valencia by 6–5.

2024 Summer Olympics

Kaur made her first Olympic appearance in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She progressed to the Women's Individual 1/8 Elimination Round. However, she lost 5-6 to Indonesia's Diananda Choirunisa in a Shoot-Off. Kaur advanced to the quarterfinals in the Women's Team, along with Ankita Bhakat and Deepika Kumari. However, the team lost to the Netherlands' team 0-6. ^{[18] [19]}

References

1. "Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023". Firstpost. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
2. "India make quarters in all six team events; campaign ends in women's individual recurve section". The Economic Times. 2 October 2023. ISSN   0013-0389 . Retrieved 3 October 2023.
3. Sportstar, Team (6 October 2023). "Asian Games 2023: India wins Bronze in Archery Recurve Women's Team event". Sportstar. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
4. PTI (6 October 2023). "Asian Games | Indian women's recurve team wins bronze". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 6 October 2023.
5. "Asian Games Day 13: India win bronze in women's recurve archery". Firstpost. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
6. "Asian Games 2023, Archery: Indian Women's Recurve team win bronze after beating Vietnam". India Today. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
7. "Olympics archery: Bhajan Kaur wins gold as India bag women's individual quota". Hindustan Times. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
8. "Sirsa's Bhajan Kaur hopes to make a mark at Paris Olympics". The Tribune. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
9. "Paris Olympic Games 2024: Who Is Bhajan Kaur? India's First Women Individual Recurve Archery Quota Winner From Haryana". Outlook India. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
10. "धनुष दिलाने के लिए माता-पिता ने उधार लिए थे पैसे, जानें पेरिस ओलंपिक कोटा दिलाने वाली भजन कौर की दर्दभरी कहानी | archer bhajan kaur profile who got paris olympics 2024 quota". Patrika News (in Hindi). 18 June 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
11. "India claim recurve team bronze double | World Archery". www.worldarchery.sport. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
12. ANI (22 August 2023). ""This medal will give us confidence before Olympics" : Archery World Cup medallist Simranjeet Kaur". ThePrint. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
13. "19-year-old archer Salunkhe becomes first Indian to win Youth World Championship in recurve category". The New Indian Express. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
14. "World Cup Stage 3: Teen archer Bhajan Kaur grabs top-10 finish in women's recurve qualifiers". The Economic Times. 15 June 2023. ISSN   0013-0389 . Retrieved 3 October 2023.
15. Scroll Staff (17 June 2023). "Archery World Cup Medellin: Bhajan Kaur-Tushar Shelke reach recurve mixed team bronze medal match". Scroll.in. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
16. "World Cup Stage 3: Teen archer Bhajan Kaur grabs top-10 finish in women's recurve qualifiers". The Times of India. 15 June 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 6 October 2023.
17. Singh, Navneet (21 April 2023). "India's teenage recurve archer Bhajan Kaur sails into Archery World Cup semis in Antalya". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
18. Sandikar, Abhishek (3 August 2024). "Paris Olympics 2024: Bhajan Kaur loses against Diananda Choirunisa via shoot-off in RO16 clash". Sportstiger.com. Sports Tiger. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
19. "Kaur Bhajan". olympics.com. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

External links

• Bhajan Kaur at World Archery