Baljeet Kaur
Indian field hockey player
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Baljeet Kaur (born 22 March 2001) is an Indian field hockey player and member of Indian women's hockey team.[1] She hails from Punjab.[2] 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.[3]
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Baljeet at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
22 March 2001 Punjab, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Hockey Punjab | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Indian Oil Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Odisha Warriors | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| – | India U21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | India | 43 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Baljeet is from Tarn Taran Sahib, Tarn Taran district, Punjab.[4] She played the FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup 2021 at Potchefstroom, South Africa where India got 4th position. She was part of the team that played at the FIH Hockey5s 3rd Youth Olympics Games 2018[5] in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where India bagged a silver medal. After the Games, on 21 October 2018, prime minister Narender Modi wished her on Twitter.[6]
She made her senior India debut in June 2022 at the 2021-2022 FIH Hockey Pro League.[7] 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.[2]
