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• Navjeet Kaur Dhillon is an Indian observe and area athlete who competes as a Discus thrower. She was the bronze medalist on the 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics.

• Born right into a family of athletes, she was inclined in direction of sports activities since childhood. Her father, Jaspal Singh, is a former nationwide champion within the shot put. Meanwhile, her mom, Kuldip Kaur, was a member of the 1986 Asian Games silver medal-winning hockey crew. Her elder brother, Jasdip, was a bronze medallist within the shot put within the 2008 Youth Commonwealth Games.
  

  Childhood image of Navjeet Kaur Dhillon

• She began coaching within the shot put underneath her father and elder brother. At 12, she bagged her first silver medal at nationals.

• During her college days, she actively took half in cultural occasions during which she carried out the Punjabi folks dance Gidha.
  

  Navjeet Kaur Dhillon performing Gidha throughout her college days in 2011

• She made  U-14 and U-16 nationwide data in discus throw in 2008 and 2009 respectively.

• She made her worldwide debut on the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics.

• At 16, she gained her first worldwide medal and have become the second Indian to win a medal on the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics after Seema Punia within the 2002 version of the occasion. She needed to look forward to greater than two years for getting her money award for the World Junior Athletics Championships bronze medal.

• In 2013, Dhillon transitioned into the senior ranks, competing in each shot put and discus throw on the Asian Athletics Championships. She positioned ninth in shot put and seventh within the discus throw within the championship.

• Navjeet set a brand new nationwide junior report of 15.89m within the shot put within the Junior Federation Cup in 2014.

• In 2015, she obtained a money prize of Rs 9.10 Lakh from the federal government of Punjab.
  

  Navjeet Kaur Dhillon (centre) posing together with her verify of Rs 9.10 Lakh awarded by the Punjab authorities in 2015

• Until 2018, Dhillon was working with Indian Railways as a junior clerk in Amritsar. Later, she grew to become an revenue tax officer.

• In the primary week of January 2018, she suffered a severe damage within the groin and competed within the Commonwealth Games consuming three painkillers during which she gained a bronze medal.
• For her successful within the 2018 Commonwealth Games, a state-level money award of Rs 40 lakh by bestowed upon Navjeet Kaur Dhillon by the federal government of Punjab.
  

  Navjeet Kaur Dhillon receiving a money prize of Rs 40 lakh from Captain Amarinder Singh

• She can be a recipient of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award.

• She promotes varied merchandise of MuscleBlaze on her Instagram account.
  

  Navjeet Kaur Dhillon selling the power drink MuscleBlaze L-Carnitine Pro

• A tattoo on her left forearm reads ‘ਨਿਰਭਉ’ (Nirbhau), which interprets to ‘without fear.’
  

  Navjeet Kaur Dhillon’s tattoo