Navjeet Kaur Dhillon
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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]
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Full name | Navjeet Kaur Dhillon | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1995-03-06) 6 March 1995 (age 29) Amritsar, India[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Country | India | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||
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Personal best | Discus throw: 59.18 m (2018) | ||||||||||||||
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Dhillon had to wait for more than two years to receive her cash award for the World Junior Athletics Championship bronze medal. She hoped to receive a job offer by the Punjab government.[4] She is presently employed in as an income tax inspector.[5]
Following a doping violation in June 2022, she was banned for a period of three years.[6]