Krishna Poonia

Krishna Poonia
Poonia with Gold medal at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games
Personal information
Born (1977-04-24) 24 April 1977
Agroha, Haryana, India
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb) (2013–present)
Sport
Country India
SportAthletics
EventDiscus
Achievements and titles
Personal best64.76 m (Wailuku 2012)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  India
Asian Games
2006 DohaDiscus throw
2010 GuangzhouDiscus throw
Asian Championships
2005 IncheonDiscus throw
2007 AmmanDiscus throw
Commonwealth Games
2010 DelhiDiscus throw

Krishna Poonia (born 24 April 1977) is an international gold-medalist Indian discus thrower, track-and-field athlete, 2 times Olympics participant, Padma Shri and Arjuna Award recipient, politician from the Congress party and the former MLA from Sadulpur constituency in Rajasthan. She participated in 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. In 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, she won a gold medal. She was appointed the President Of the Rajasthan State Sports Council in February 2022.

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