Khushbir Kaur

Khushbir Kaur

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Personal information
Nationality	India
Born	(1993-07-09) 9 July 1993 Punjab, India
Sport
Country	India
Event(s)	Racewalking
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	5000m Walk: 25:30.27(Singapore 2010) 10000m Walk: 49:21.21(Bengaluru 2010) 20km Race Walk: 1:33:07(Incheon 2014)
Medal record Women’s athletics Representing India Asian Games 2014 Asian Games 20km Race Walk Asian Junior Championships 2012 Colombo 10,000m Walk

Khusbir Kaur is an Indian athlete, a 20-kilometre racewalker. She first came into limelight after winning bronze in the 10,000-metre (6.2 mi) walk race at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships held at Colombo, Sri Lanka. She participated in the 2013 World Championships in the 20 km walk category. She clocked 1:34:28 and finished 39th. At the 2014 Asian walking championships in Japan, she came third with a timing of 1:33:37 and bettered her own national record.

Khusbir Kaur is supported by Anglian Medal-Hunt Company.

Profile

Khushbir Kaur hails from a small town in Amritsar called Rasulpur Kalan. She has notched up junior national records in the 5 km and 10 km event. After a string of successful performances in the national junior circuit, she has performed well in the international circuit – finishing second in the Youth Asian Games and third in the Junior Asian Games (2012). She had a strong 5th-place performance in the senior Walking Asian Championship in Japan.

2013

Khushbir has recently bettered her own personal best and the national record in the Women’s 20 km Walk during the Moscow World Championship (2013), clocking a time of 1:34:28. Khushbir finished 39th during the event.

2014 Asian Games, Incheon (PRK)

Khushbir Kaur became the first Indian woman to clinch a 20 km Race Walk silver medal in the Asian Games by bettering her personal best and setting a new national record in the process. The 21-year-old from Amritsar clocked 1:33:07 to improve on her previous personal best of 1:33:37, which was also the national record, to finish second at the Marathon Course.