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Pooja Dhanda (born 1 January 1994) is an Indian wrestler from Budana village of Hisar district in Haryana, who won Bronze medal at the 2018 World Championships at Budapest in 57 kg weight class. She won Silver medals at 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and 2018 Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast in 60 kg and 57 kg category respectively.
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Pooja Dhanda was born on Saturday, 1 January 1994 (age 28 years; as of 2022) in Budana Village in Narnaund, Hisar district, Haryana, India. Her zodiac sign is Capricorn. She pursued her higher studies at Govt. College, Hisar, Haryana.
Judo Wrestler
Pooja Dhanda began her career as a judo wrestler and marked her debut in the Asian Cadet Judo Championship in 2007 and won a bronze medal in her weight category. She then won a gold medal at the Asian Cadet Judo Championship in 2008. However, she met Kripa Shankar Patel Bishnoi at a national camp in Aurangabad who recommended her to select either judo or wrestling, rather than both, because her physique was suited more to wrestling than judo. In an interview, she talked about this and said,
Freestyle Wrestler
In 2010, Pooja made her freestyle wrestling debut at Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore under the 57kg weight category, where she won a silver medal. She suffered a significant injury during one of her practice sessions at the Sports Authority of India Centre in Lucknow in 2015 following which she could not compete in any wrestling competition for two years. She was able to recover in 2016 after enduring two surgeries. In an interview, she talked about this and said, In 2016, she resumed...
2007: Bronze Medal in Asian Cadet Judo Championship2008: Gold Medal in Asian Cadet Judo Championship2010: Silver Medal at Summer Youth Olympics, Singapore2013: Gold Medal at Senior Wrestling Nationals2014: Bronze Medal in Asian Wrestling Championship2017: Bronze Medal at Asian Indoor and Martial Art ChampionshipsPooja Dhanda joined the Hisar Mahavir Stadium at the age of 10 to pursue her judo and wrestling training. She was trained by the trainer and wrestler Subash Chander Soni.
Learn about Pooja Dhanda's life, career, achievements, and awards. She is a 28-year-old wrestler from Haryana who won medals at the Youth Olympics, Commonwealth Games, and Asian Championships.
Learn about Pooja Dhanda, a 28-year-old wrestler from Haryana who has won medals at Youth Olympics, Asian Championships, Commonwealth Games and World Championships. Find out her personal life, achievements, awards, injuries and more.
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Daughter of a tractor driver from Haryana, Pooja Dhanda’s competitive spirit has seen her grow into one of the most promising Indian women wrestlers of her generation. Along the way, she has even found a fan in Olympic gold medallist Helen Maroulis – someone she herself idolizes.
Oct 26, 2018 · Pooja Dhanda became only the fourth Indian wrestler to win a World Championship medal. (Source: PTI) On Thursday evening, as 24-year-old Pooja Dhanda faced Norway’s Grace Jacob Bhullen in the 57 kg bronze medal match in the World Wrestling Championship in Budapest, Hungary; her father Ajmer Singh was watching the match nervously in Hisar.
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Dec 27, 2023 · Indian wrestler Pooja Dhanda, who won the bronze medal at the 2018 World Championships in the 57kg, was handed a one-year ban by India’s National Anti-Doping Agency ( NADA) due to three whereabouts failures.
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Pooja Dhanda is an Indian wrestler who started as a judoka and won medals in both sports. She overcame a serious injury and defeated top opponents to win a silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and a bronze at the World Championships.
