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Kiran Baliyan

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Kiran Baliyan
Personal information
Born (1999-03-06) March 6, 1999 (age 25)
Alma materChaudhary Charan Singh University
Sport
Sportshot put
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  India
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Shot put

Kiran Baliyan is an Indian shot putter, hailing from Meerut.

Early life and background

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Kiran was born in 1999. She is native of Purbaliyan village of Muzaffarnagar district. Her father is a head constable in the Meerut Traffic Police.[1]

Career

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2015: In November, Indian Under-18 Athletics Championships at Ranchi, she threw 12.49m in one of her first events at the National level.[2]

2016: In November, she threw 14.62m in the Coimbatore Indian U20/U18/U16 Championships to take third place.

2017: On May 6, she threw 15 metres and announced her arrival at a meet at Obra. Later in November 2017, she came first once again in Vijayawada in the Under-20 Indian Championships with a 14.54 throw. A month later, at Mangalagiri in December, she threw 14.37 to take the first place again.[2]

2018: In April, she threw 15.23 at the Indian Under-20 Championships in Coimbatore to finish first.[2] In the same year she made her international debut at Sri Lanka, and finished first with a throw of 14.77 at the South Asian U-20 Championships, Colombo. Later, she represented India at the Asian Junior Championships, Gifu but could only finish fifth.[2]

2020: She set a national record of 17.14 meters at the 2022 National Games of India, winning gold at the women's shot put competition.[3] Same year, she also won gold at the 2020 national inter-university athletics meet, representing Chaudhary Charan Singh University.[4]

2023: She won a bronze medal at the 2022 Asian Games with a throw distance of 17.36m.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Shot putter Kiran Baliyan wins India's first athletics medal in Asian Games". Hindustan Times. 2023-09-29. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
  2. ^ a b c d "Kiran BALIYAN | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
  3. ^ "मेरठ की किरन बालियान ने रिकार्ड के साथ जीता गोल्‍ड, पारुल चौधरी को भी स्‍वर्ण". Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 2023-09-29.
  4. ^ Bureau, Sports (2020-01-05). "Inter-university athletics | Narendra, Komal and Jyothi win second golds". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-09-29. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ Ganesan, Uthra (2023-09-29). "Hangzhou Asian Games | Kiran Baliyan ends India's 72-year wait for a women's shot put medal". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-09-29.