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Harmilan Bains
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| Full name | Harmilan Kaur Bains | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 April 1998 (age 25) Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India | ||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 800 m, 1500 m & 3000 m | ||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800 m – 2:03.06 (2023) 1500 m – 4:05.39 (2023) 3000 m – 9:01.30 (2023) | ||||||||||||||||
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Harmilan Kaur Bains (born 23 April 1998) in a Jat family of Bains gotra. Is an athlete from Punjab. She was selected for the Asian Games Indian athletics team. She won the silver medal in the 1500m at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[1][2][3] She is the Indian record holder in 1500m.
Early life[edit]
Harmilan hails from Hoshiarpur, Punjab. She did her schooling at Doaba Public School, Mahilpur and the Saint Soldier School, Hoshiarpur. Harmilan's parents are both athletes.[4] Her father Amandeep Bains won a 1500m medal in the South Asian Games and her mother, Madhuri Singh, won silver in 800m at the 2002 Asian Games.[5] Her mother was also an Arjuna Awardee in the year 2003. She trained at the Sports Authority of India training centre at Dharamashala. She was supported by the CSR programme of Sportskeeda website.[6]
Career[edit]
- 2023: Harmilan won the silver medal in the 1500m at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[7][8][4]
- 2023: She won silver medals in both 1500m and 800m at the Inter-State Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar.
- 2021: She clocked 4:05.39 in 1500m at the National Open Championships 2021 in Warangal to set a new National Record erasing Sunita Rani's 2002 record of 4:06.03.[6]
- 2021: She clocked 2:02.57, her personal best in the 800m at the 2021 Nationals in Patiala.
- 2020: Won a gold medal each in the 1500m and 800m at the Khelo India University Games.
- 2016: She won a bronze medal in the 1500m at the Asian Junior Championships at Ho Chi-Minh, Vietnam. She times 4:33.02.
References[edit]
- ↑ Sportstar, Team (2023-10-01). "Asian Games: Harmilan Bains wins silver in women's 1500m; Ajay Kumar, Jinson Johnson take silver and bronze in men's 1500m". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ↑ "Asian Games: Ajay Kumar, Harmilan Bains and Jinson Johnson win medals after impressive show in 1500m race". India Today. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ↑ "Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: India clinch shooting silver". Hindustan Times. 2023-10-01. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Athletics: Sable, Tajinderpal win gold; silver for Sreeshankar, Ajay Kumar, Harmilan Bains & Jyothi Yarraji". OnManorama. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ↑ "Asian Games, women's 1500m: 'Chena Toast' sweet from Lucknow awaits Harmilan Kaur Bains as the parents, international athletes themselves, await her return". The Indian Express. 2023-10-01. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 K, Baraneetharan (2023-10-01). "Sportskeeda-supported athlete Harmilan Bains wins Asian Games Silver in 1500m". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ↑ "Athletics: Harmilan Bains & Ajay Kumar secure silver, Jinson Johnson claims bronze at Asian Games 2023". Khel Now. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ↑ Panicker, Amar Sunil (2023-10-01). "Asian Games: Harmilan Bains Secures Silver in the Women's 1500m Race". news18.com. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
External links[edit]
- World Athletics template with ID different from Wikidata
- Living people
- 1998 births
- Indian female middle-distance runners
- Indian female long-distance runners
- Athletes from Punjab, India
- Sportswomen from Punjab, India
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games