Archive · 29 Jul 2026
Harjinder Kaur wins silver at Commonwealth Games
Harjinder Kaur, a weightlifter from Punjab, won a silver medal in the women's 69kg category at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
This is an upgrade from her bronze medal in the 71kg category at the previous Games in Birmingham.
Her family, which has a small farm and six buffaloes, sees this achievement as a way to gain more farmland and improve their financial situation.
Harjinder also got a job as an income tax inspector after her previous medal.
She is happy to have upgraded her medal and is looking forward to the benefits it will bring to her family.
Harjinder Kaur won a silver medal in the women's 69kg weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
This is an upgrade from her bronze medal in the 71kg category at the previous Games in Birmingham.
Her family, which has a small farm and six buffaloes, sees this achievement as a way to gain more farmland.
Harjinder got a job as an income tax inspector after her previous medal.
She is happy to have upgraded her medal and is looking forward to the benefits it will bring to her family.
- Who
- Harjinder Kaur, an Indian weightlifter from Punjab
- What
- Won a silver medal in the women's 69kg weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games
- When
- July 28, 2026
- Where
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Why
- To improve her performance and provide more farmland for her family
Personal Achievement
Material Benefits
Motivation for Competition
Personal Achievement
Harjinder Kaur aims to improve her personal performance and upgrade her medal from the previous Commonwealth Games.
Material Benefits
Harjinder Kaur's family sees the medal as an opportunity to gain more farmland and improve their financial situation.
- Athlete
- Harjinder Kaur
- Event
- Women's 69kg Weightlifting
- Medal
- Silver
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Previous Medal
- Bronze (Birmingham, 71kg category)
- Occupation
- Income Tax Inspector
- Family Background
- Marginal farming family with six buffaloes