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Full name | Harmilan Kaur Bains | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 23 July 1998 25) Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India | (age|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 800 m, 1500 m & 3000 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 800 m – 2:03.06 (2023) 1500 m – 4:05.39 (2023) 3000 m – 9:01.30 (2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Harmilan Kaur Bains (born 23 July 1998) is an athlete from Punjab. She was selected for the Asian Games Indian athletics team. She won the silver medals in the 800m and 1500m race at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. [1] [2] [3] She was the Indian record holder in 1500m before K. M. Deeksha shattered her NR. [4]
Harmilan hails from Hoshiarpur, Punjab. She did her schooling at Doaba Public School, Mahilpur and the Saint Soldier School, Hoshiarpur. Harmilan's parents are both athletes. [5] Her father Amandeep Bains won a 1500m medal in the South Asian Games and her mother, Madhuri Singh, won silver in 800m at the 2002 Asian Games. [6] Her mother was also an Arjuna Awardee in the year 2003. She trained at the Sports Authority of India training centre at Dharamashala. She was supported by the CSR programme of Sportskeeda website. [7]
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