Kiran Baliyan

Kiran Baliyan
Personal information
Born (2000-03-06) 6 March 2000
EducationChaudhary Charan Singh University
Sport
Sportshot put
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  India
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 HangzhouShot put

Kiran Baliyan (born 6 March 2000) is a shot putter, hailing from Meerut.

Early life and background

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

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 6 May, 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

  1. ↑ "Shot putter Kiran Baliyan wins India's first athletics medal in Asian Games". Hindustan Times. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Kiran BALIYAN | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "मेरठ की किरन बालियान ने रिकार्ड के साथ जीता गोल्‍ड, पारुल चौधरी को भी स्‍वर्ण". Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Inter-university athletics | Narendra, Komal and Jyothi win second golds". The Hindu. 5 January 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  5. ↑ Ganesan, Uthra (29 September 2023). "Hangzhou Asian Games | Kiran Baliyan ends India's 72-year wait for a women's shot put medal". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
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