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Dalits in Game/Sports (M-Z)

  Manpreet Kaur Manpreet Kaur Manpreet winning the Gold medal in  2017 Asian Athletics Championships , Bhubaneswar. Born 5 March 1990 Sport Country India Sport  Shot put Event(s) Athletics Coached by Karamjit Singh Achievements and titles Regional finals Indian National finals 2013 National Gold Personal best(s) 18.86 ( Gwangju  2017) Women's  athletics Representing    India Asian Championships   2017 Bhubaneswar   Shot put South Asian Games   2016 Guwahati   Shot Put Updated on 7 July 2017. Manpreet Kaur (born 5 March 1990) is an Indian professional Olympic  shot putter . Born in  Ambala , her gold-medal winning performance of 18.86m at the 2017 Asian Grand Prix in Jinhua, China turned out to be a world-leading throw, taking her to the No. 1 spot in the rankings. She also holds the Indian national record 17.96m in Women's Shot Put. Kaur was qualified to represented India at Summer Olympics at Rio 2016 in shot put. Early ...