Harjinder Kaur

Harjinder Kaur (born 14 October 1996) is an Indian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the 69 kg at the 2026 Commonwealth Games and the bronze medal in the 71 kg at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Early life Harjinder Kaur was born on 14 October 1996 in Mehas, near Nabha in Patiala district of Punjab. Her family worked as agricultural labourers, and she operated a chaff-cutter to prepare fodder for cattle. The manual labour helped build her upper-body strength. She initially began playing Kabaddi, and cycled daily to train for the same. However, her family faced financial constraints that prevented them from affording formal training. She took up weightlifting in 2016, while studying at Punjabi University in Patiala.

Career Harjinder Kaur won the silver medal in the women's 71 kg category in the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships held at Tashkent, with a total lift of . She represented India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Competing in the women's 71 kg event, she lifted in snatch and in clean & jerk for a total of to win the bronze medal.

In the 2026 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Gandhinagar, Harjinder Kaur won the bronze medal in snatch with a lift of and finished fourth overall in the women's 69 kg event with a total lift of . She was part of the Indian contingent at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. In the women's 69 kg competition, she lifted in snatch and in the clean & jerk for a personal-best total of to win the silver medal.