Navjeet Kaur Dhillon (born 6 March 1995) is an Indian track and field athlete who competes as a Discus thrower. Her current world ranking in the Women's Discus Throw category is 46, and in the Women's Overall ranking is 4165. She was the bronze medalist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, with her final throw of 57.43 m and became the second Indian to win a medal at the World Junior Championships in Athletics in 2014. She holds a personal best of , set in 2018 in Indian Grand Prix in February, 2018.
Dhillon had to wait for more than two years to receive her cash award for the World Junior Athletics Championship bronze medal. She hoped to receive a job offer by the Punjab government. She is presently employed in as an income tax inspector.
Following a doping violation in June 2022, she was banned for a period of three years.
Career Born in Amritsar, Dhillon won the Indian junior title in the discus in 2010 and the national youth title in 2011. She made her international debut at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, competing in qualifying only,Navjeet Dhillon. IAAF. Retrieved 15 April 2018. and won her first medal (a bronze) at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games.Commonwealth Youth Games 2011. World Junior Athletics History (archived). Retrieved on 16 August 2014. Dhillon won a shot put/discus double at the 2012 Indian Junior Championships and claimed a silver medal at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships behind Subenrat Insaeng.Krishnan, Ram. Murali (13 June 2012). Ashraf steals the show in Asian Juniors with 80.85m world junior hammer lead. IAAF. Retrieved on 15 April 2018.
Dhillon made her first appearance in the senior ranks in the 2013 season, competing in both shot put and discus at the 2013 Asian Athletics Championships. More age category medals came at the 2014 Asian Junior Athletics Championships, where she was third in the shot put and second in the discus. 16th Asian Junior Athletics Championships Men Results . Taipei2014. Retrieved on 13 July 2014. She achieved a breakthrough at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics, taking the discus bronze medal with a personal best throw of . This made her the second Indian to win a medal at that competition, following in the footsteps of fellow women's discus thrower Seema Antil.Clavelo Robinson, Javier (26 July 2014). Report: women's discus throw – IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014. IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
Dhillon topped the national podium in the discus in 2014 and 2015, as she transitioned into the senior ranks, as well as a shot put/discus double at the 2015 National Games of India. She was sixth in discus at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships. She did not compete internationally in 2016 and 2017, though she won shot put national titles those years and was runner-up in the discus nationally. Dhillon won the discus bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – her first senior international medal.
International competitions 2011World Youth ChampionshipsLille, France11th (q)Discus throw44.46 mCommonwealth Youth GamesDouglas, Isle of Man3rdDiscus throw45.27 m2012Asian Junior ChampionshipsColombo, Sri Lanka2ndDiscus throw44.78 m2013Asian ChampionshipsPune, India9thShot put12.91 m7thDiscus throw45.33 m2014Asian Junior ChampionshipsTaipei, Taiwan3rdShot put14.99 m2ndDiscus throw53.66 mWorld Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States3rdDiscus throw56.36 m2015Asian ChampionshipsWuhan, China6thDiscus throw51.66 m2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia3rdDiscus throw57.43 m2019Asian ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar4thDiscus throw57.47 mSouth Asian GamesKathmandu, Nepal1stDiscus throw49.85 m
National titles India Open Athletics Championships Discus throw: 2014, 2015 Shot put: 2016, 2017 National Games of India Shot put: 2015 Discus throw: 2015
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