Bhawna Jat

Bhawna Jat
Personal information
Born	3 January 1996 (age 28); Kabra, Rajsamand district, Rajasthan, India
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	20 kilometres race walk
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	1:29:54 (2020 Ranchi)
	Updated on 26 February 2020.

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Bhawna Jat (born 3 January 1996) is an Indian racewalker who was the formar Indian national record holder for women's 20 kilometres race walk at 1 hour 29 minutes 54 seconds set in February 2020.

Early life[edit]

Jat was born on 3 January 1996 as the youngest of three children into a family of farmers. She picked up racewalking at the age of 13 when her physical education teacher Mr. Heera Lal Kumawat took her to a district-level athletics competition where slots were available only in the 3000 metres race walk; she finished second in the event.^[1] In the subsequent years, she would train only in the early hours of the day in order to avoid conservative villagers from seeing her in shorts.^[2] As her family was financially weak, she had to quit studies in college^[3] and even compete barefoot during her early years.^[1]

Career[edit]

Between 2014 and 2015, Jat won medals in zonal and national junior level competitions. In 2016, she landed a job with the Indian Railways as a ticket collector in Howrah, West Bengal.^[1]

At the National Open Championships in February 2020, Jat broke the national record by clocking 1:29:54 and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics which had a qualification standard of 1:31:00. The timing was an improvement of over eight minutes from her previous personal best set in October 2019^[4] and over 23 minutes from her February 2019 National Open Championships time.^[5]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Selvaraj, Jonathan (16 February 2020). "Bhawana Jat's journey from grazing cattle to the Olympics". ESPN.in. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
↑ Basu, Suromitro (19 February 2020). "From practicing at 3am, Bhawna Jat is now living the race walking dream". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
↑ Asnani, Rajesh (16 February 2020). "Rajasthan's Bhwana Jat sets new national record in race walking, qualifies for Tokyo Olympics". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
↑ "Olympics spot secured, race walker Bhawana hopes for inclusion in TOPS". Sportstar. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
↑ "6TH NATIONAL OPEN RACE WALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019" (PDF). Indian Athletics. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

External links[edit]

Bhawna Jat at World Athletics

[espn-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Selvaraj, Jonathan (16 February 2020). "Bhawana Jat's journey from grazing cattle to the Olympics". ESPN.in. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

[2] Basu, Suromitro (19 February 2020). "From practicing at 3am, Bhawna Jat is now living the race walking dream". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

[3] Asnani, Rajesh (16 February 2020). "Rajasthan's Bhwana Jat sets new national record in race walking, qualifies for Tokyo Olympics". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

[4] "Olympics spot secured, race walker Bhawana hopes for inclusion in TOPS". Sportstar. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

[5] "6TH NATIONAL OPEN RACE WALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019" (PDF). Indian Athletics. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

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