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Pooja Rani Wiki, Biography, Age, Family, Career, Achievements, Images
Pooja Rani is a popular middleweight boxer who represents India in the 75 kg global tournaments. She hails from Haryana which is a well-known state for producing phenomenal boxers and wrestlers. Pooja was interested to become a boxer at a very young age. So, she secretly joined Hawa Singh Boxing without her father’s permission and convinced him later. Pooja Rani is the two-time Asian Boxing Champion in the years 2019 and 2021. At present, she works as an Income Tax Inspector for Haryana Government.
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Interesting Facts
- Pooja took around 6 months to convince her father to pick up boxing as her career.
- As of 2022, she has over 80.5k followers on Instagram.
- Pooja Rani is the first Indian to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
- She is a dog lover and her dog’s name is Jerry.
- In 2015, she received the Bhim Award for her Boxing contribution to the country.
Achievements
The following is a list of achievements by Pooja Rani.
- 5th Youth Women State Boxing Championship (Gold) – 2009
- 8th Senior Women State Boxing Championship (Gold) – 2009
- 12th South Asian Games (Gold) – 2016
- 17th Asian Games (Bronze) – 2014
- 6th Asian Women Boxing Championship (Silver) – 2012
- 7th Asian Women Boxing Championship (Bronze) – 2015
- China Open Boxing Championship (Bronze) – 2011
Images
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