Navjot Kaur (born 10 February 1990) is an Indian
wrestler. She represented India in the women's freestyle 67 kg category at the
2014 Commonwealth Games
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in
Glasgow
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in which she won the bronze medal. She became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Asian Championship gold medal.
Career
2011 Asian Wrestling Championships
The 2011 Asian Wrestling Championships were held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The event took place from May 19 to May 22, 2011.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
Women's freestyle
Participating nati ...
At the tournament in
Tashkent
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,
Uzbekistan
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, Navjot faced
Banzyaragzh Oyunsuren of
Mongolia
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in the semi-finals of the women's freestyle 67 kg category and lost 3:1. She then contested the bronze medal match against
Yuanyuan Wang of
China
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and won the bronze medal, beating her Chinese opponent 5:0.
2013 Wrestling World Cup
In the Wrestling World Cup held in
Ulan-Baatar,
Mongolia
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, Navjot finished third and won the bronze medal in the women's freestyle 67 kg category.
2013 Asian Wrestling Championships
The 2013 Asian Wrestling Championships were held at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi, India. The event took place from 18 to 22 April 2013.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary
Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
Women' ...
At the tournament in
New Delhi
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,
India
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, Navjot faced
Hyekung Ham of
South Korea
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in the semi-finals of the women's freestyle 67 kg category and won 3:1. She then qualified for the gold medal bout against
Nasanburmaa Ochirbat of
Mongolia
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but lost 1:3 to settle for the silver medal.
2014 Commonwealth Games
The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...
Competing in the women's freestyle 69 kg category, Navjot faced
Dori Yeats of
Canada
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in the semi-finals and lost 4:0 to her. But she was able to compete in the bronze medal bout and won the bronze medal, beating home favourite
Sarah Jones of
Scotland
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4:0.
Pro Wrestling League
Navjot is one of the two Indian female wrestlers bought by the Bangalore franchise (owned by JSW Sport) of the Pro Wrestling League.
The Pro Wrestling League was scheduled to be held from 10 to 27 December across 6 cities.
Other titles
* Dave Schultz Memorial Tournament, 2010 - 6th place
See also
Official FILA page of Navjot Kaur
References
Living people
1990 births
21st-century Indian women
21st-century Indian people
Indian female sport wrestlers
Sport wrestlers from Punjab, India
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India
Wrestlers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling
Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
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