Pooja Singh (athlete) explained

Pooja Singh
Birth Date:2007 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Haryana, India
Country:India
Sport:High Jump
Pb:1.82 m (2023)

Pooja Singh (born 21 February 2007) is an Indian athlete. She competes in the high jump event. She is named in the Indian athletics team for the high jump event for the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.[1] She reached the finals of the Asian Games women's high jump event along with compatriot Rubina Yadav and finished sixth. Rubina finished ninth.

Early life

Pooja hails from Bosti village in Haryana. Her father Hansraj is a construction worker.[2] Coach Balwan Singh spotted Pooja while during a yoga session and was impressed with her yoga postures, charasana and dhanurasana (yoga forms) and recruited her and started training her as a high jumper.[3]

International competitions

Representing
2023Asian U18 ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistanbgcolor=gold1stHigh jump1.77 m
Asian U20 ChampionshipsYecheon, South Koreabgcolor=silver2ndHigh jump1.82 m
Asian ChampionshipsBangkok, Thailand7thHigh jump1.75 m
Asian GamesHangzhou, China6thHigh jump1.80 m

Career

References

  1. Web site: 2023-08-26 . Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023 . 2023-10-03 . Firstpost . en.
  2. Web site: Selvaraj . Jonathan . 2023-06-13 . Haryana mason's daughter, Pooja, takes flight in Indian athletics . 2023-10-03 . sportstar.thehindu.com . en.
  3. News: 2023-09-21 . Spotted at yoga camp, teen high jumps to Asian Games . The Times of India . 2023-10-03 . 0971-8257.