PPS Officer and Asian Games Silver Medalist Khushbir Kaur has been giventhe command of ACP Model Town, Jalandhar. Belonging to Rasulpur in Amritsar,Khushbir Kaur bagged the silver medal in the race walk event in the 2014 AsianGames. She was also part of the Indian contingent in the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2018Asian Games in Jakarta.
After her podium finish performance in the Asian Games, PunjabGovernment offered her a job in the state police. Her mother Jasveer took lotsof pain in looking after the family, she had to work in people’s homes. The storyof her family’s plight dates back to the year 2008 when she ran barefoot in theJuniors National event, just because her family couldn’t afford her expensiveshoes for the grade she needed.
14 years old Khushbir in the year 2007 won the state-level 3000 metersrace. The Asian champion Baldev Singh acknowledged her potential and started totrain her. Under his mentorship, Khushbir started to take part in theInternational circuit. She won Silver Medal in the 2010 Youth Asian Games, anda Bronze in the 10,000 meters event in the 2012, Asian Junior Championships inColombo. Khushbir owns a national record in this event.