Navjeet Kaur Dhillon Age, Wiki and Bio

Navjeet Kaur Dhillon

Quick Info

ProfessionAthlete (Discus thrower)
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth06/03/1995
Age29 years
BirthplaceAmritsar

Bio/Wiki

AthleteDiscus thrower
Income Tax Inspector1
Former Railways employee1

Physical Stats & More

Height168 cm
Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorBlack

Educational Qualification(s)

SchoolSri Guru Harkrishan Sr. Sec. Public School, Amritsar
College/UniversityKhalsa College For Women, Amritsar

Personal Life

ReligionSikhism

Relationships & More

Marital StatusUnmarried

Family

FatherJaspal Singh Dhillon
MotherKuldip Kaur Dhillon
SiblingsElder Brother - Jasdip Singh (also known as Jesse Dhillon)

Career

Medals
Gold
  • 2012 National Junior Athletics Championships in shot put (14.89m) and discus throw
  • 2014 Federation Cup National Junior Athletics Championships in the shot put with a throw of 15.89m
  • 2015 National Games of India in the shot put with a throw of 15.67m
  • 2018 Federation Cup in the shot put with a throw of 16.45m
  • 2019 South Asian Games in the discus throw with a throw of 49.87m
  • 2019 National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships (Lucknow) in discuss throw with a throw of 55.42m
  • 2022 National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships (Chennai) in discus throw with a throw of 55.67m
  • 2022 Qosanov Memorial Athletics Meet in the discus throw 56.24m
  • 2022 Indian Grand Prix (Bhubaneswar) in the discus throw 58.03m
Silver
  • 2018 Federation Cup in the discus throw with a throw of 57.75m
  • 2014 Asian Junior Championships in the discus throw with a throw of 53.66 m
  • 2012 Asian Junior Championships in the discus throw with 44.78m
Bronze
  • 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games in the Discus throw with a throw of 45.27m
  • 2014 World Athletics U20 Championships in the Discus throw with 56.36m (184 ft 10+3⁄4 in)
  • 2014 Asian Junior Championships in the shot put with a throw of 14.99m
  • 2018 Commonwealth Games (Australia) in the discus throw with a throw of 57.43m

Some Lesser Known Facts

Navjeet Kaur Dhillon is an Indian Discus thrower in track and field.
She won bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2014 World Junior Championships.
Coming from an athletic family, her father and mother excelled in shot put and field hockey.
Her brother also achieved in shot put at the 2008 Youth Commonwealth Games.
She clinched her first national silver medal at age 12.
Starting in college, she showcased her Punjabi folk dance skills in cultural events.
By 2009, she set U-14 and U-16 national records in discus throw.
Her international debut was in 2011 at the World Youth Championships.
In 2014, she became the second Indian to medal at the World Junior Championships in Athletics.
Dhillon formerly worked for Indian Railways before becoming an income tax officer.
Despite a severe injury in early 2018, she managed to win a Commonwealth Games bronze.
Punjab government awarded her Rs 40 lakh for her 2018 Commonwealth Games victory.
She has received the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award for her achievements.
On social media, Dhillon endorses MuscleBlaze products and displays her ‘ਨਿਰਭਉ’ tattoo.