Jasjeet Kaur Handa

{{short description|Indian field hockey player}}

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{{MedalSport | Women's Field Hockey}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2006 Melbourne|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 2006 Doha | Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asia Cup}}

{{MedalGold|2004 New Delhi|}}

{{MedalSilver|2009 Bangkok|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Champions Trophy}}

{{MedalBronze|2010 Busan|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Junior Asia Cup}}

{{MedalBronze|2004 Hyderabad|}}

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Jasjeet Kaur Handa (born 20 December 1987, Shahabad Markanda, Haryana) is an Indian former field hockey player, who represented the India women's national field hockey team. She hails from Haryana and was part of the team that won the gold at the 2004 Women's Hockey Asia Cup.

In 2007, Jasjeet Kaur and Subhadra Pradhan became the first Indian women to play for a European club, when they played for the Dutch club HC Den Bosch in 2007.{{cite web |title=First women to play as professionals |url=http://limcabookofrecords.in/recorddetails.aspx?recid=544 |accessdate=3 December 2024 |publisher=Limca Book of Records}}{{cite news |date=25 August 2007 |title=Jasjeet, Subhadra to play for Dutch club |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/25/stories/2007082555681800.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706094845/http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/25/stories/2007082555681800.htm |archive-date=6 July 2012 |accessdate=3 December 2024 |newspaper=The Hindu}}

She was given the Arjuna award in 2010.

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