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{{Short description|Indian discus thrower}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2021}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Kamalpreet Kaur Bal
| image =
| nationality = Indian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1996|03|04}}
| birth_place = [[Kabarwala]], [[Sri Muktsar Sahib]], [[Punjab, India]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1408186-kaur-kamalpreet.htm | title=Kamalpreet Kaur | publisher=Olympics | accessdate=1 August 2021}}</ref>
| country = {{IND}}
| education =
| sport = [[Track and field]]
| event = [[Discus throw]]
| coach = [[Rakhi Tyagi]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tokyo-olympics/indiatokyo/coach-yet-to-get-accreditation-kamalpreet-eyes-69m-in-tokyo/articleshow/84593078.cms | title=Coach yet to get accreditation, Kamalpreet eyes 69m in Tokyo | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | date=20 July 2021 | accessdate=31 July 2021 | author=Tridib Baparnash}}</ref>
| pb = 66.59m (2021) '''[[Indian records in athletics|NR]]
}}

'''Kamalpreet Kaur''' (born 4 March 1996) is an Indian Athlete from Punjab. She is the first Indian woman to breach the 65m barrier in discus throw. She is supported by [[GoSports Foundation]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-06|title=Kamalpreet sets sights on Tokyo|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/kamalpreet-sets-sights-on-tokyo-101620266003481.html|access-date=2021-07-31|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Gupta|first=Amit|title=Interview: Discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur on her journey to Olympics, dream to play cricket and more|url=https://scroll.in/field/991230/interview-discus-thrower-kamalpreet-kaur-on-her-journey-to-olympics-dream-to-play-cricket-and-more|access-date=2021-07-31|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> through the [[Rahul Dravid]] Athlete Mentorship Programme. Her best performance came when she finished 6th in discus throw at Tokyo 2020.

Kaur set a national record in discus throw with an attempt of 65.06 m and qualified for the summer Olympics in Tokyo.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 19, 2021|title=Kamalpreet Kaur breaks national record in women’s discus throw to seal Tokyo Olympics berth|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/kamalpreet-kaur-breaks-national-record-in-women-s-discus-throw-to-seal-tokyo-olympics-berth-1781239-2021-03-19|access-date=2021-07-29|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tokyo-olympics/kamalpreet-kaur-qualifies-for-tokyo-olympics-breaks-national-record-in-womens-discus-throw/articleshow/81589993.cms | title=Kamalpreet Kaur qualifies for Tokyo Olympics, breaks national record in women's discus throw | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=19 May 2021 | access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/who-is-kamalpreet-kaur-india-s-latest-discus-throw-sensation | title=Who Is Kamalpreet Kaur? - India's Latest Discus Throw Sensation | publisher=Olympics.com | work=Samrat Chakraborty | date=20 March 2021 | access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/kamalpreet-kaur-qualifies-for-olympics-sets-new-national-record-7235870/ | title=Kamalpreet Kaur lights up final day with record-breaking discus throw | publisher=The Indian Express | first=Andrew |last=Amsan | date=20 March 2021 | access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kamalpreet Kaur|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/_/14621360|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-29|website=World Athletics}}</ref> She extended her record to 66.59m at the Indian Grand Prix-4 at the NIS, Patiala, on 21 June 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Discus Thrower Kamalpreet Kaur Breaks Her Own National Record at Indian Grand Prix IV|url=https://www.news18.com/news/sports/discus-thrower-kamalpreet-kaur-breaks-her-own-national-record-at-indian-grand-prix-iv-3874424.html|date=June 21, 2021|access-date=July 29, 2021}}</ref>

== Childhood and early Career ==
Kamalpreet hails from Kabar Wala, [[Malout]], a village in the Sri Muktsar Sahib District of Punjab. On the insistence of her physical education coach, she took up athletics in 2012 and finished fourth at her first state meet. Kaur started taking the sport seriously in 2014 and began her initial training at the [[Sports Authority of India]] (SAI) centre in her village. Her rigorous practice and natural ability soon began to yield results as she became the U-18 and U-20 national champion in 2016. Later, in 2017, she finished sixth at the 29th World University Games.

== Tournament and Medals ==
At the Asian Athletics Championships held in Doha in 2019, she finished fifth, and clinched the gold at the 2019 Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championship<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mar 15|first=Pratyush Raj / TNN /|last2=2019|last3=Ist|first3=23:06|title=Federation Cup: Kamalpreet overcomes back pain to win gold {{!}} More sports News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/federation-cup-kamalpreet-overcomes-back-pain-to-win-gold/articleshow/68432897.cms|access-date=2021-07-31|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> with a throw of 60.25m. She made history at the 24th Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships, when she became the first Indian woman to breach the 65m barrier in discus throw, and finished at the top of the podium second time in a row.

With national record breaking throw of 65.06m at the 24th Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships in Patiala, she qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 19, 2021|title=Kamalpreet Kaur breaks national record in women’s discus throw to seal Tokyo Olympics berth|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/kamalpreet-kaur-breaks-national-record-in-women-s-discus-throw-to-seal-tokyo-olympics-berth-1781239-2021-03-19|access-date=2021-07-31|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

Kamalpreet is employed with the Indian Railways.She had studied in Punjabi University. She looks at [[Seema Punia]] as one of her idols, and currently trains under Rakhi Tyagi. She has stated that she loves cricket and aspires to participate in the National women's cricket team in future.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tokyo-olympics/indiatokyo/tokyo-olympics-when-kamalpreet-was-throwing-the-discus-to-enter-the-final-rakhi-tyagi-was-coaching-her-from-patiala/articleshow/84922288.cms | title=Tokyo Olympics: When Kamalpreet was throwing the discus to enter the final, Rakhi Tyagi was coaching her from Patiala | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | date=1 August 2021 | accessdate=1 August 2021 | author=Jaspreet Sahni}}</ref>

== International competitions ==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
! colspan="6" |Representing {{IND}}
|-
|2021
|[[2020 Summer Olympics]]
|[[Japan National Stadium]], [[Japan]]
|'''6th'''
|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw|Discus throw]]
|64.00<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcfry.com/kamalpreet-kaur-first-indian/|title= Kamalpreet Kaur First Indian To Qualify For Finals In Discus Throw |website= abcFRY |language=en}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian female discus throwers]]
[[Category:1996 births]]
[[Category:People from Patiala district]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes of India]]

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