{{Short description|Former Indian hockey player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Rajbir Kaur | full_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Indian | country = India | sport = Field hockey | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|5|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = Jalandhar, Punjab, India | death_date = | death_place = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's field hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}} {{MedalGold| 1982 Delhi | Team}} {{MedalBronze| 1986 Seoul | Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Asia Cup}} {{MedalBronze| 1993 Hiroshima |}} }} '''Rajbir Kaur Rai''' (born 3 June 1965) is an Indian field hockey player and former Indian women's team captain. She lives in Jallandhar. In her days, she was popular as the 'Golden Girl' of Indian hockey.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Punjab: Arjuna awardee and former hockey captain Rajbir Kaur joins AAP |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2017/punjab-assembly-election-2017/story/punjab-arjuna-awardee-and-former-hockey-captain-rajbir-kaur-joins-aap-12116-2016-06-02 |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=India Today |date=2 June 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-04 |title=Olympian Gurmail Singh & Golden Girl Rajbir Kaur share their experiences with budding hockey players |url=https://yespunjab.com/olympian-gurmail-singh-golden-girl-rajbir-kaur-share-their-experiences-with-budding-hockey-players/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Yes Punjab - Latest News from Punjab, India & World |language=en-US}}</ref> She received Arjuna Award in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arjuna Award |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/hall-of-fame/arjuna-award |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Hockey India |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life == She was born in Jallandhar. She did her schooling in the Government Senior Secondary in Nehru Garden, Jalandhar and completed her degree at Lyallpur Khala College for Women, Jalandhar.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Surjit Hockey : Alumni |url=https://www.surjithockey.com/alumni/members_detail.html?id=276 |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=www.surjithockey.com}}</ref> She is married to Olympian Gurmail Singh.
== Hockey career == Rajbir Kaur, is the only Indian woman hockey player who played four Asian Games,<ref name=":0" /> She also took part in three Asia Cups and many other tournaments for India from 1981 to 1993.<ref name=":1" />
== Politics == In June 2016, Rajbir Kaur joined Aam Aadmi Party in Chandigarh.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-02 |title=Arjuna awardee and former hockey captain Rajbir Kaur joins AAP in Punjab |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/arjuna-awardee-and-former-hockey-captain-rajbir-kaur-joins-aap-in-punjab/story-ydtZume1n70UQljI1pvUcK.html |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, she supported the agitating farmers in Haryana.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |title=Farmers' protest: Wrestler Kartar Singh, hockey player Rajbir Kaur and several former sportspersons to return awards |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/farmers-protest-wrestler-kartar-singh-hockey-player-rajbir-kaur-and-several-former-sportspersons-to-return-awards-922058.html |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>
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== External links == [https://www.hockeyindia.org/hall-of-fame/arjuna-award Arjuna Award]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaur, Rajbir}} Category:Living people Category:1965 births Category:Indian women's field hockey players Category:Field hockey players from Jalandhar Category:Sportswomen from Punjab, India Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India Category:Asian Games field hockey players for India Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India Category:Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Category:Field hockey players at the 1982 Asian Games Category:Field hockey players at the 1986 Asian Games Category:Field hockey players at the 1990 Asian Games Category:Field hockey players at the 1994 Asian Games Category:Asian Games gold medalists in field hockey Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in field hockey