Jalandhar girl Kiranjot Kaur shines with silver at world championship

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, October 30

A city-based girl recently won a silver medal in the World Hapkido Cup-2021 Championship held at Saint Petersburg in Russia Kiranjot Kaur is a third-year BSc health and physical education martial arts student at Lovely Professional University (LPU). With this applauding win, black-belt holder Kiranjot has made the city proud.

She fought four winning fights only to lose the last golden one. She was the only girl from India, who won a medal in Russia during the competitions.

Kiranjot has already won numerous gold medals at the national-level. It was her first international tour, where she made her mark. Kiranjot entered LPU at a sports scholarship and exhibited her skills of perfection in both sports and studies.

She has consistently got a good CGPA in all her examinations and remained with regular attendance as well. Her mentor at LPU described her as a dedicated, devoted and disciplined student in all forms. LPU Chancellor Ashok Mittal has also congratulated her for bringing laurels to the university.Kiranjot’s mother Maninder Kaur shared that she got a full scholarship of Rs2.1 lakh, which is Rs35,000 per semester for three-year programme.

About Hapkido

‘Hapkido’ is considered to be a Korean-Japanese collaborative martial arts form of self-defence which was massively utilised after World War II. This year, competitions were held in the 75th year of continuation (1946-2021) of the Championship. The World Hapkido Council is supposedly part of the Russian Union of Hapkido Federations, which is a full member of the Global Hapkido Association and the European Hapkido Union. Hapkido Russian Federation had organised this martial arts world cup competition in Russia.

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