Pooja Sihag Explained
| Pooja Sihag |
| Citizenship: | Indian |
| Birth Date: | 17 July 1997[1] |
| Birth Place: | Sisai, Hisar |
| Occupation: | Sub Inspector in Rajasthan Police. |
| Late Sh. Subhash Sihag: | --> |
| Country: | India |
| Sport: | Amateur wrestling |
| Weight Class: | 76 KG |
| Event: | Freestyle |
Pooja Sihag (born 17 July 1997) is an Indian freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[2] [3]
Career
In 2017, she competed in the women's 75 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France.[4] In 2019, she won the silver medal in the women's 76kg event at the Asian U23 Wrestling Championship held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[5] In that same year, she also competed at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China.[6]
In April 2021, she competed at the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7] She did not qualify for the Olympics at this tournament. In the same month, she won the bronze medal in her event at the 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships held in the same venue as the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament.[8] [9] She also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[10]
She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[11] [12]
Achievements
Notes and References
- Web site: Pooja SIHAG . Birmingham2022.com . . 12 August 2022.
- Web site: CWG 2022: Indian wrestler Pooja Sihag advances to semis of women’s 76 kg category, Vinesh Phogat continues winning . The Print . 6 August 2022 . 6 August 2022.
- Web site: CWG 2022: Pooja Sihag of India Wins Bronze at the 2022 Commonwealth Games . News18 . 7 August 2022 . 7 August 2022.
- Web site: 2017 World Wrestling Championships. United World Wrestling. live. 13 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190501222916/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book_1.pdf. 1 May 2019.
- Web site: 2019 Asian U23 Wrestling Championship. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200524110248/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-03/results_03_ulaanbaatar.pdf. 24 May 2020. 24 May 2020.
- Web site: 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200518232029/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/results_04_xian.pdf. 18 May 2020.
- Web site: 2021 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210412095457/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/results_04_almaty_tq.pdf. 12 April 2021. 5 May 2021. United World Wrestling.
- News: Rowbottom. Mike. 15 April 2021. China follows Japan in withdrawing women from UWW Asian Championships over COVID concerns. InsideTheGames.biz. 15 April 2021.
- Web site: 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419163153/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/results_04_almaty_champ.pdf. 19 April 2021. 19 April 2021.
- Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf. 9 May 2021. 9 May 2021. United World Wrestling.
- News: Berkeley . Geoff . 6 August 2022 . Phogat completes Commonwealth Games hat-trick with another wrestling gold . InsideTheGames.biz . 6 August 2022.
- Web site: Wrestling Competition Summary . https://web.archive.org/web/20220806191350/https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/2022-08-06/WRE-------------------------------__C96_1.0.pdf . 6 August 2022 . 6 August 2022 . 2022 Commonwealth Games.
