Female sports personalities: In 1699, when the tenth Sikh Guru Sahib Guru Gobind Singh established the Khalsa Panth, he gave the title of Leo to men and Kaur to women.. which directly meant that if Sikh men are lions then Sikh women are also princesses, lionesses.. Men and women will always be considered equal.. This feeling has always been there in Punjab.. where women are never considered inferior to men.. and the women of Punjab have With her humor and her leadership abilities, she has time and again shown why she is the darling of Punjab. From the battlefield to the playground, the women of Punjab have hoisted their flag everywhere. In this article, we will know about 5 players of Punjab who are bringing glory to Punjab as well as India.
Heena Sidhu – Heena Sidhu
Heena Sidhu, born on 29 August 1989 in a Sikh family in Ludhiana, Punjab, is a shooting star in athletics. Heena has been fond of shooting since childhood, because in her family her father Rajbir Sidhu and her brother Karanbir Sidhu have also been sports shooters. Due to the influence of her mother Rominder Kaur Sidhu, Heena studied medicine and dental surgery along with shooting. Sidhu had been taking shooting training since childhood, and in 2007, she got a chance to showcase her skills on a big scale for the first time at the Asian Olympics in Kuwait. After which Sidhu won many medals but he got big recognition in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in which he won gold. Sidhu has won gold 7 times so far. Sidhu is the first Indian pistol shooter to reach number one in the world rankings of the International Shooting Sport Federation. She is married to shooter Raunak Pandit and has a daughter. Sidhu was honored with the Arjuna Award on 28 August 2014.
Harmanpreet Kaur – Harmanpreet Kaur
Harmanpreet Kaur, born in a Sikh family on 8 March 1989 in Moga, Punjab, created a sensation in the women’s cricket world. The credit for bringing women’s cricket at par with men’s cricket goes to Harmanpreet, who played an important role in India winning the Women’s Asia Cup in 2012, 2016 and 2022, while Harmanpreet Kaur is also the one who made India win the Women’s Cricket World Cup for the first time in 2025. Kaur, who started her career in 2009, has scored more than 8000 runs so far. In October 2026, he decided to leave the captaincy and play as a player.
Manjeet Kaur – Manjeet Kaur
Manjeet Kaur of Jalandhar is also not behind in the matter of defeating the good and bad with her talent and fast sprint race. Born on 4 April 1982 in Jalandhar, Punjab, Manjeet came from a Tsan family. The family did not want Manjeet to become a runner, but her father fully supported her. It was her father who gave initial training to her and her sister Mandeep Kaur. She used to practice running 4-4 continuously. For the first time in 2004, she set a record by completing the 400 meter race in 51.05 seconds, which gave her an identity. After this, he won gold in Doha in 2006 and also gold in Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010. For his contribution, he was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2005 and also got the opportunity to serve as SP in Punjab Police.
Avneet Sidhu – Avneet Sidhu
Avneet Sidhu, the first woman from Punjab to represent India in shooting at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, is a rifle shooter. Avneet Sidhu, born on 30 October 1981 in Bathinda, Punjab, comes from a farmer family. Sidhu won gold in 2006.. after which she got a chance to play in the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Along with this, she also got the honor of being the first woman to play in the Beijing Olympics. In 2008, she was awarded the Arjuna Award and given the post of DCP in Punjab Police, currently she is serving as SP.
Harmilan Bains
Harmilan Kaur Bains, born on 23 July 1998 in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, to former runner Madhuri Singh, is a middle distance track runner. Harmilan had won two silver medals in the Asian Games in 2022, while in 2021 he broke the 19-year-old record in completing the 1500 meter race. In 2024, she fulfilled her mother’s unfulfilled dream by winning the gold medal in the Asian Indoor Championships. She is currently the shining star of the world of athletics. Let us tell you, these are those 5 women players… whose shine always shines like a crown on the head of Punjab. Of which everyone is proud.