Baljeet Kaur Explained

Baljeet Kaur
Birth Date:22 March 2001
Birth Place:Punjab, India
Position:Midfielder
Currentclub:Indian Oil Corporation
Clubs1:Hockey Punjab
Clubs2:Indian Oil Corporation
Nationalteam1:India U21
Nationalyears2:2022–
Nationalteam2:India
Nationalcaps2:26
Nationalgoals2:0

Baljeet Kaur (born 22 March 2001) is an Indian field hockey player and member of Indian women's hockey team.[1] She hails from Punjab.[2] She plays for Indian Oil Corporation Limited in the domestic hockey tournaments. She plays as a midfielder.

Career

Baljeet played at the FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup 2021 at Potchefstroom, South Africa where India got 4th position. She was part of the team that played at the FIH Hockey5s 3rd Youth Olympics Games 2018[3] in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where India bagged a silver medal. After the Games, on 21 October 2018, Prime Minister Narender Modi wished her on Twitter.[4] She was also part of the Indian women's hockey tour of Australia in May 2023 as part of Indian team's preparation for Asian Games. In 2019, she was also part of the Junior Indian team's tour of Chile.

References

  1. Web site: Baljeet Kaur Profile . 2023-09-10 . Hockey India . en.
  2. Web site: 2021-03-04 . Hockey Punjab . 2023-09-10 . 2021-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210304053629/http://www.hockeypunjab.com/news.html?news=116 . bot: unknown .
  3. Web site: Olympedia – Baljeet Kaur . 2023-09-10 . www.olympedia.org.
  4. https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1053959586594533376?lang=en

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