Pooja Singh (athlete)

Pooja Singh
Personal information
Born (2007-02-21) 21 February 2007 (age 17)
Haryana, India
Sport
CountryIndia
SportHigh Jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best1.83 m (2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  India
Asian U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Yecheon High jump
Asian U18 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tashkent High jump

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

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  India
2023 Asian U18 Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1st High jump 1.77 m
Asian U20 Championships Yecheon, South Korea 2nd High jump 1.82 m
Asian Championships Bangkok, Thailand 7th High jump 1.75 m
Asian Games Hangzhou, China 6th High jump 1.80 m

Seasonal bests

Year Date Location Performance Notes
2022 15 November Guwahati, India 1.76 m
2023 6 June Yecheon, South Korea 1.82 m
2024 29 August Lima, Peru 1.83 m PB, NU20R

Career

  • 2023: She won a silver medal at the 20th Asian U20 Athletics Championship, Yecheon.
  • 2023: Won a gold at the Youth Asian Championship in Tashkent.[3]
  • 2023: In July, she took part in the Asian Athletics Championships, Supachalasai National Stadium, Bangkok.
  • 2023: She also won a bronze at the Youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad & Tobago.

References

  1. ^ "Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023". Firstpost. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  2. ^ Selvaraj, Jonathan (13 June 2023). "Haryana mason's daughter, Pooja, takes flight in Indian athletics". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Spotted at yoga camp, teen high jumps to Asian Games". The Times of India. 21 September 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 October 2023.