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Manpreet Kaur

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Manpreet Kaur
Kaur in 2017
Personal information
Born (1990-07-06) 6 July 1990 (age 36)
Sahauli, Punjab, India
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Shot put
Achievements and titles
Personal best18.06 m (2022)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  India
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 BangkokShot put
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2016 GuwahatiShot put
South Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2007 ColomboShot put

Manpreet Kaur (born 6 July 1990) is an Indian shot putter. She won the bronze medal at the 2023 Asian Championships and the gold medal at the 2019 South Asian Games.

Early life

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Kaur hails from Sahauli village in Patiala district of Punjab, and is the eldest of three siblings.[1] When she was 13 years old, her father died. Her mother was paralyzed in 2006. She developed an interest in athletics through her father and cousins who were into sports. One of her cousins was a university-level 100 m sprinter and other was a discus thrower, while her sister-in-law was also a shot putter. She initially trained for a year in the 100 m, but her brother whom she trained under felt she would do better in shot put and she switched.[2]

Career

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Kaur made her international debut at the 2006 Asian Junior Championships in Macau, where she finished eighth with a throw of 12.41 m.[3]

At the 2007 World Youth Championships in Ostrava, she finished ninth with a throw of 13.57 m.[4] She won the gold medal at the 2007 South Asian Junior Championships in Colombo, with a throw of 13.76 m.[5]

She placed sixth at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune with a throw of 13.60 m, and later finished ninth at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, with a throw of 14.50 m.[6]

At the 2016 South Asian Games in Guwahati, she won the gold medal with a throw of 17.94 m.[7] She placed sixth at the 2016 Asian Indoor Championships in Doha, with a 15.21 m throw.[8] At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she finished 23rd among 36 athletes in the qualification round with a throw of 17.06 m and failed to advance to the final.[9]

In the first leg of the 2017 Asian Grand Prix in Jinhua, she clinched the gold medal with a national record and world season-leading effort of 18.86 m.[10] She won the gold medal with a 18.28 m throw at the 2017 Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar.[11] She was later disqualified following four doping violations in the 2017 season, after testing positive for Metenolone at the Asian Grand Prix and for Dimethylbutylamine, at the Federation Cup, Asian Championships and Inter-State Championships. She was handed a four year ban beginning 20 July 2017, and as a consequence she had to forfeit her gold medals and national record.[12] She returned to competition after the ban ended.[13]

She placed eleventh at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, with a throw of 15.59 m.[14]

At the 2023 Asian Championships in Bangkok, she won the bronze medal with a throw of 17.00 m.[15] Later, at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, she finished fifth with a throw of 16.25 m.[16]

She competed at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, throwing 17.49 m she narrowly missed the podium with a fourth place finish.[17]

International competitions

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Representing  India
YearCompetitionHostPositionResult
2006 Asian Junior Championships Macau, China 8th 12.41 m
2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 9th 13.57 m
South Asian Junior Championships Colombo, Sri Lanka 1st 13.76 m
2008 Commonwealth Youth Games Pune, India 6th 13.60 m
2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 9th 14.50 m
2016 South Asian Games Guwahati, India 1st 17.94 m
Asian Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 6th 15.21 m
Olympic Games Rio, Brazil 23rd (Q) 17.06 m
2017 Asian Championships Bhubaneswar, India DQ [40.1] 18.28 m
2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham, England 11th 15.59 m
2023 Asian Championships Bangkok, Thailand 3rd 17.00 m
Asian Games Hangzhou, China 5th 16.25 m
2026 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, Scotland 4th 17.49 m

Personal life

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Kaur is married to Karamjeet Singh, a university level shot putter who is also her trainer and the couple have a daughter.[18]

She is employed as chief office superintendent at the Patiala Locomotive Works, a unit of the Indian Railways.[15]

References

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  1. ↑ "Manpreet Kaur Profile: Women's shot put". The Indian Express. 28 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Shankar (4 March 2016). "From losing her father at age 13 to qualifying for The Olympics- the story of Manpreet Kaur". Sportskeeda.
  3. ↑ "2006 Asian Junior Athletics Championships". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "2007 World Youth Championships, Ostrava | Women's Shot put". World Athletics. 14 July 2007.
  5. ↑ "India dominates inaugural South Asian Junior Championships". World Athletics. 30 November 2007.
  6. ↑ "Harminder gives India 2nd athletics medal, others disappoint". NDTV. 9 October 2010. Archived from the original on 30 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "South Asian Games: India win five athletics gold on Day 1". Rediff. 9 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Mayookha Johny wins gold in Asian Indoor Athletics". The Times of India. 20 February 2016. ISSN 0971-8257.
  9. ↑ "Women's Shot put | Qualifying Round (Group B)" (PDF). 2016 Rio Olympics. 12 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Shot putter Manpreet wins gold at Asian Grand Prix, qualifies for World Championships". The Times of India. 24 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "2017 Asian Athletics Championships, Bhubaneswar | Women's Shot put" (PDF). Indian Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "Shot putter Manpreet Kaur banned for 4 years for dope flunk". The Indian Express. 9 April 2019.
  13. ↑ "After serving four-year doping ban, Manpreet Kaur smashes own shot put national record". The Times of India. 11 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham | Women's Shot put". World Athletics. 3 August 2022.
  15. 1 2 "Manpreet 3rd in Asian c'ship". The Times of India. 18 July 2023. ISSN 0971-8257.
  16. ↑ "2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou | Women's Shot put" (PDF). 2022 Asian Games. 29 September 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2023.
  17. ↑ "Women's Shot put". 2026 Commonwealth Games. 29 July 2026.
  18. ↑ "Who is Manpreet Kaur? Everything you need to know about India's shot-put champion". The Indian Express. 19 July 2017.
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