Bhawna Jat Biography: Age, Achievements, Personal Life, Family, Unknown Facts & Social Media

Bhawna Jat Biography

Bhawna Jat specializes in the 20-kilometer racewalk. She is the first female Indian athlete in this category to earn a spot at the Olympics in Tokyo. She debuted in the senior division in Hyderabad, India, at the National Interstate Championships in 2016, finishing the race in 1:52:38s. She has battled poverty and the conservative mindset of her villagers to reach where she is now.

Name	Bhawna Jat
Profession	Athletics
Birth Place	Rajasmad, Rajasthan
Age	26 years old (as of 2022)
Nationality	Indian
Religion	Hindu
Fathers Name	Shankarlal Jat
Mother’s Name	Nosar Devi
Sibling	Prakash Jat
Category	Women’s racewalk
Highest Ranking	30
Marital Status	Single
Height	1.62m

Bhawna Jat Personal Life

When Bhawana first tried race walking, she experienced societal pressures and misogyny, but it did not affect her. 2010’s Rajasthan Athletics Championships saw Bhawana compete in her first competitive event, a 3000m race walk where she competed on behalf of her school. Bhawana continued to compete in competitions at the district level and began earning medals.

Bhawna and her family lived in a mud house as they were poor and her father was the only breadwinner in the house. Due to poverty, Bhawna had to drop out of college. Bhawna couldn’t even afford the shoes and had to walk barefoot in her first race.

Bhawna Jat Professional Life

Bhawana competed in a number of Junior Nationals events between 2011 and 2014 but came up empty-handed. Her professional breakthrough didn’t occur until she earned a Silver medal in a 20-kilometer race walk at the Junior Nationals in 2015. She was accepted into the SAI center in Bengaluru the same year she won a Gold at the Junior Federation Cup in the 10 km race walk. She trained there for the following two years.

She placed 10th in a 20km race walk at the 6th National Open Race Walking Championships in 2019 with a time of 1:53.36s. Her first senior-level national competition took place here. Bhawana beat Baby Swomya’s 1.30:29-second national record in 2020 by finishing in 1:29.54 seconds at the National Open Race Walking Championships in Ranchi, Jharkhand.

Bhawna Jat hard work paid off eventually when she became the first-ever Indian athlete to represent India in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the 20km racewalk event.

Bhawna Jat Commonwealth Games 2022

Bhawna Jat has come a long way from her village in Rajasthan to Tokyo Olympics and now the Commonwealth Games. Her story is of resilience and determination. She has overcome all the challenges life has thrown at her. Bhawna is all set for a strong performance at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham this year.

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Bhawna Jat Records and Achievements

Silver medal at the Indian Race Walking Championships in 2022
Gold Medal at the Indian Race Walking Championships in 2020
Gold Medal at the Inter Railways Championships

Bhawna Jat Unknown Facts

She used to wake up at 3 am to practice as her neighbors did not want her to practice in shorts.
She held the record for the fastest Indian female in the 20 km walk category until fellow athlete Priyanka Goswami broke it in 2021.

Bhawna Jat Social Media

Bhawna Jat Instagram – @ bhawna3447 – https://www.instagram.com/bhawna3447/

Bhawna Jat Twitter – NA

Bhawna Jat Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhawna_Jat