Baljeet Kaur

Baljeet Kaur
Personal information
Born (2001-03-22) 22 March 2001 (age 25)
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionMidfielder
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
– Hockey Punjab - -
– Indian Oil Corporation - -
2025– Odisha Warriors - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2018 India U18 Hockey5s 13 (3)
2019–2022 India U21 14 (0)
2022– India 56 (3)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  India
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2026 Aichi–NagoyaTeam
Asian Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place2023 Ranchi
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Buenos AiresTeam

Baljeet Kaur (born 22 March 2001) is an Indian field hockey player and member of Indian women's hockey team. She hails from Punjab. She plays for Indian Oil Corporation Limited in the domestic hockey tournaments. She plays as a midfielder. She played for Odisha Warriors in the inaugural women's Hockey India League.

Career

Baljeet is from Tarn Taran Sahib, Tarn Taran district, Punjab. She played the 2022 Junior World Cup at Potchefstroom, South Africa where India got 4th position. She was part of the team that played at the 2018 Youth Olympics Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where India bagged a silver medal. After the Games, on 21 October 2018, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished her on Twitter.

She made her senior India debut in June 2022 at the FIH Hockey Pro League. She was also part of the Indian women's hockey tour of Australia in May 2023 as part of Indian team's preparation for Asian Games. In 2019, she was also part of the Junior Indian team's tour of Chile.

References

  1. ↑ "Baljeet Kaur Profile". Hockey India. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Hockey Punjab". 4 March 2021. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "Baljeet Kaur - Hockey India League - Hockey India". hockeyindialeague.com. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Hockey: Baljeet Kaur's speedy rise from Tarn Taran to India's squad for Olympic qualifiers, with help from a former World Cupper". The Indian Express. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "Olympedia – Baljeet Kaur". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
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  7. ↑ "KAUR Baljeet | India hockey player". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 16 March 2025.