Description: 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.
About: Pooja was born in Budana village of Hisar district in Haryana. The daughter of a tractor driver with the Haryana Animal Husbandry Centre in Hisar, Dhanda started as a judo player at Mahabir Stadium but switched to wrestling in 2009.
Achievements:
Event Medal Year Location Weight Class World Championships Bronze 2018 Budapest 57 kg Asian Wrestling Championships Bronze 2014 Astana 58 kg Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Championships Bronze 2017 Ashgabat 58 kg Commonwealth Games Silver 2018 Gold Coast 57 kg Youth Olympic Games Silver 2010 Singapore 60 kg
Rank in India: 5
Social Media Links:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poojadhanda0007/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/poojadhanda0007
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pooja.dhanda.7/
Country: India
Ratings: 2.0
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