Kiran Baliyan
{{Short description|Indian shot putter}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Kiran Baliyan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|03|06}}
| alma_mater = Chaudhary Charan Singh University
| sport = shot put
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's athletics}}
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Hangzhou|Shot put}}
}}
Kiran Baliyan is an Indian shot putter, hailing from Meerut.
Early life and background
Kiran was born in 1999. She is native of Purbaliyan village of Muzaffarnagar district. Her father is a head constable in the Meerut Traffic Police.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-29 |title=Shot putter Kiran Baliyan wins India's first athletics medal in Asian Games |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/shot-putter-kiran-baliyan-wins-indias-first-athletics-medal-in-asian-games-101696002386801.html |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}
Career
2015: In November, Indian Under-18 Athletics Championships at Ranchi, she threw 12.49m in one of her first events at the National level.
2016: In November, she threw 14.62m in the Coimbatore Indian U20/U18/U16 Championships to take third place.{{fact|date=April 2025}}
2017: On 6 May, she threw 15 metres and announced her arrival at a meet at Obra. Later in November 2017, she came first once again in Vijayawada in the Under-20 Indian Championships with a 14.54 throw. A month later, at Mangalagiri in December, she threw 14.37 to take the first place again.
2018: In April, she threw 15.23 at the Indian Under-20 Championships in Coimbatore to finish first.{{Cite web |title=Kiran BALIYAN {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/india/kiran-baliyan-14734751 |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=worldathletics.org}} In the same year she made her international debut at Sri Lanka, and finished first with a throw of 14.77 at the South Asian U-20 Championships, Colombo. Later, she represented India at the Asian Junior Championships, Gifu but could only finish fifth.
2020: She set a national record of 17.14 meters at the 2022 National Games of India, winning gold at the women's shot put competition.{{Cite web |title=मेरठ की किरन बालियान ने रिकार्ड के साथ जीता गोल्ड, पारुल चौधरी को भी स्वर्ण |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/meerut-city-national-games-2022-meeruts-parul-choudhary-and-kiran-balyan-got-gold-23111520.html |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=Jagran |language=hi}} Same year, she also won gold at the 2020 national inter-university athletics meet, representing Chaudhary Charan Singh University.{{Cite news |last=Bureau |first=Sports |date=2020-01-05 |title=Inter-university athletics {{!}} Narendra, Komal and Jyothi win second golds |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/inter-university-athletics-narendra-komal-and-jyothi-win-second-golds/article30487399.ece |access-date=2023-09-29 |issn=0971-751X}}
2023: She won a bronze medal at the 2022 Asian Games with a throw distance of 17.36m.{{Cite news |last=Ganesan |first=Uthra |date=2023-09-29 |title=Hangzhou Asian Games {{!}} Kiran Baliyan ends India's 72-year wait for a women's shot put medal |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/hangzhou-asian-games-shot-putter-kiran-baliyan-wins-indias-first-athletics-medal/article67362930.ece |access-date=2023-09-29 |issn=0971-751X}}
References
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Category:Indian female shot putters
Category:Athletes from Uttar Pradesh
Category:Sportswomen from Uttar Pradesh
Category:People from Meerut district
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Games
Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)