Bhawna Jat
Personal information | |
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Born | Kabra, Rajsamand district, Rajasthan, India | 1 March 1996
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | 20 kilometres race walk |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 1:29:54 (2020 Ranchi) |
Updated on 26 February 2020. |
Bhawna Jat (born 01 march 1996) is an Indian racewalker,[1] who participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing on 32nd position in 20 kilometres race walk.[2]
Early life[]
Jat was born on 3 January 1996 as the youngest of three children into a family of farmers. She picked up racewalking at the age of 13 when her physical education teacher took her to a district-level athletics competition where slots were available only in the 3000 metres race walk; she finished second in the event.[3] In the subsequent years, she would train only in the early hours of the day in order to avoid conservative villagers from seeing her in shorts.[4] As her family was financially weak, she had to quit studies in college[5] and even compete barefoot during her early years.[3]
Career[]
Between 2014 and 2015, Jat won medals in zonal and national junior level competitions. In 2016, she landed a job with the Indian Railways as a ticket collector in Howrah, West Bengal.[3]
At the National Open Championships in February 2020, Jat broke the national record by clocking 1:29:54 and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics which had a qualification standard of 1:31:00. The timing was an improvement of over eight minutes from her previous personal best set in October 2019[6] and over 23 minutes from her February 2019 National Open Championships time.[7]
References[]
- ^ "India's Bhawna Jat makes the Olympic cut in 20km race walk". India Today. February 15, 2020. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ Priyanka Goswami 17th, Bhawna Jat 32nd in women's 20km race walk, Gurpreet fails to finish in men's event indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 7 August 2021
- ^ a b c Selvaraj, Jonathan (16 February 2020). "Bhawana Jat's journey from grazing cattle to the Olympics". ESPN.in. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ Basu, Suromitro (19 February 2020). "From practicing at 3am, Bhawna Jat is now living the race walking dream". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ Asnani, Rajesh (16 February 2020). "Rajasthan's Bhwana Jat sets new national record in race walking, qualifies for Tokyo Olympics". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ "Olympics spot secured, race walker Bhawana hopes for inclusion in TOPS". Sportstar. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ "6th National Open Race Walking Championships 2019" (PDF). Indian Athletics. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
External links[]
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Indian female racewalkers
- People from Rajsamand district
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of India