Navjeet Dhillon

Navjeet Kaur Dhillon (born 6 March 1995) is an Indian track and field athlete who competes as a Discus thrower. Her current world ranking in the Women's Discus Throw category is 46, and in the Women's Overall ranking is 4165[2]. She was the bronze medalist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, with her final throw of 57.43 m and became the second Indian to win a medal at the World Junior Championships in Athletics in 2014. She holds a personal best of 59.18 m (194 ft 1 ³⁄₄ in), set in 2018 in Indian Grand Prix in February, 2018[3].

Navjeet Dhillon

Personal information
Full name	Navjeet Kaur Dhillon
Nationality	Indian
Born	(1995-03-06) 6 March 1995 Amritsar, India[1]
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Discus throw: 59.18 m (2018)
Medal record Representing  India Women's athletics Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Discus throw

Dhillon had to wait for more than two years to receive her cash award for the World Junior Athletics Championship bronze medal. She hopes to receive a job offer by the Punjab government[4]. She is presently employed in INCOME TAX as an inspector [5].

Career

Born in Amritsar,[1] Dhillon won the Indian junior title in the discus in 2010 and the national youth title in 2011. She made her international debut at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, competing in qualifying only,[6] and won her first medal (a bronze) at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games.[7] Dhillon won a shot put/discus double at the 2012 Indian Junior Championships and claimed a silver medal at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships behind Subenrat Insaeng.[8]

Dhillon made her first appearance in the senior ranks in the 2013 season, competing in both shot put and discus at the 2013 Asian Athletics Championships.[6] More age category medals came at the 2014 Asian Junior Athletics Championships, where she was third in the shot put and second in the discus.[9] She achieved a breakthrough at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics, taking the discus bronze medal with a personal best throw of 56.36 m (184 ft 10 ³⁄₄ in). This made her the second Indian to win a medal at that competition, following in the footsteps of fellow women's discus thrower Seema Antil.[10]

Dhillon topped the national podium in the discus in 2014 and 2015, as she transitioned into the senior ranks, as well as a shot put/discus double at the 2015 National Games of India. She was sixth in discus at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships. She did not compete internationally in 2016 and 2017, though she won shot put national titles those years and was runner-up in the discus nationally.[6] Dhillon won the discus bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – her first senior international medal.[11][12]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2011	World Youth Championships	Lille, France	11th (q)	Discus throw	44.46 m
	Commonwealth Youth Games	Douglas, Isle of Man	3rd	Discus throw	45.27 m
2012	Asian Junior Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	2nd	Discus throw	44.78 m
2013	Asian Championships	Pune, India	9th	Shot put	12.91 m
			7th	Discus throw	45.33 m
2014	Asian Junior Championships	Taipei, Taiwan	3rd	Shot put	14.99 m
			2nd	Discus throw	53.66 m
	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	3rd	Discus throw	56.36 m
2015	Asian Championships	Wuhan, China	6th	Discus throw	51.66
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	3rd	Discus throw	57.43 m
2019	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	4th	Discus throw	57.47 m

National titles

• India Open Athletics Championships
  • Discus throw: 2014, 2015
  • Shot put: 2016, 2017
• National Games of India
  • Shot put: 2015
  • Discus throw: 2015

References

1. Navjeet Dhillon. GC2018. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
2. "Navjeet Kaur DHILLON | Profile | iaaf.org". www.iaaf.org. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
3. "CWG 2018: Amritsar athlete Navjeet Dhillon wins bronze in discuss throw". The Indian Express. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
4. "CWG 2018: Amritsar athlete Navjeet Dhillon wins bronze in discuss throw". The Indian Express. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
5. "NAVJEET KAUR DHILLON | Indian Olympic Association". olympic.ind.in. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
6. Navjeet Dhillon. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
7. Commonwealth Youth Games 2011. World Junior Athletics History (archived). Retrieved on 2014-08-16.
8. Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2012-06-13). Ashraf steals the show in Asian Juniors with 80.85m world junior hammer lead. IAAF. Retrieved on 2018-04-15.
9. 16th Asian Junior Athletics Championships Men Results Archived 26 July 2014 at Archive.today. Taipei2014. Retrieved on 2014-07-13.
10. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2014-07-26). Report: women's discus throw – IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
11. "CWG 2018: Seema Punia wins silver, Navjeet Dhillon claims bronze in discus throw". The Times of India. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
12. "Navjeet Dhillon". 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

External links

• Navjeet Dhillon at World Athletics