Jasjeet Kaur Handa (born 20 December 1987,

Shahabad Markanda Shahabad Markanda is a sub division of Kurukshetra district within the Indian state of Haryana. It is situated on the left bank of the Markanda River, south of Ambala Cantonment and from the historical city of Kurukshetra. History The ...

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ...

) is an Indian former

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...

player, who represented the

India women's national field hockey team The Indian women's national field hockey team (nicknamed the ''Nabhvarna'') represents India in international field hockey, and is governed by Hockey India. Nabhvarna are currently ranked 6th in the FIH World Rankings, and are ranked as the ...

. She hails from

and played with the team when it won the Gold at the 2004 Women's Hockey Asia Cup. She was given the

Arjuna award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one ...

in 2010.

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1987 births Living people Indian female field hockey players Punjabi people Field hockey players from Haryana Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2006 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for India Sportswomen from Haryana Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Recipients of the Arjuna Award Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub