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| birth_place = Kabra, [[Rajsamand district]], [[Rajasthan]], India<br />
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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.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
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.<ref name=espn>{{cite news |last1=Selvaraj |first1=Jonathan |title=Bhawana Jat's journey from grazing cattle to the Olympics |url=https://www.espn.in/athletics/story/_/id/28714021/race-walker-bhawana-jat-journey-grazing-cattle-olympics |accessdate=26 February 2020 |work=ESPN.in |date=16 February 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Basu |first1=Suromitro |title=From practicing at 3am, Bhawna Jat is now living the race walking dream |url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/features/detail/india-race-walking-bhawna-jat-tokyo-2020-olympics/ |accessdate=26 February 2020 |work=Olympic Channel |date=19 February 2020}}</ref> As her family was financially weak, she had to quit studies in college<ref>{{cite news |last1=Asnani |first1=Rajesh |title=Rajasthan's Bhwana Jat sets new national record in race walking, qualifies for Tokyo Olympics |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2020/feb/16/rajasthan-daughter-creates-new-national-record-qualifies-for-tokyo-olympics-2104282.html |accessdate=26 February 2020 |work=The New Indian Express |date=16 February 2020}}</ref> and even compete barefoot during her early years.<ref name=espn/><br />
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==Career==<br />
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]].<ref name=espn/><br />
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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<ref>{{cite news |title=Olympics spot secured, race walker Bhawana hopes for inclusion in TOPS |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athletics/bhawana-jat-tops-scheme-tokyo-2020-racewalking/article30829910.ece |accessdate=26 February 2020 |work=Sportstar |date=15 February 2020}}</ref> and over 23 minutes from her February 2019 National Open Championships time.<ref>{{cite web |title=6TH NATIONAL OPEN RACE WALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019 |url=https://indianathletics.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/complete-results-race-walk-Revised_0.pdf |publisher=Indian Athletics |accessdate=26 February 2020}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1996 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian female racewalkers]]<br />
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