Krishna Poonia

Krishna Poonia
Poonia with Gold medal at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games
Personal information
Born (1977-05-05) 5 May 1977 (age 47)
Agroha, Haryana, India
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
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
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Discus throw
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Discus throw
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Incheon Discus throw
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Amman Discus throw
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi Discus throw

Krishna Poonia (born 5 May 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.[2][3][4][5] She participated in 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.[3] In 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, she won a gold medal.[4] She was appointed the President Of the Rajasthan State Sports Council in February 2022.[6]

  1. ^ "KRISHNA POONIA". g2014results.thecgf.com. Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. ^ Krishna wins poll battle in Rajasthan in second attempt The Tribune. Retrieved 13 December 2018
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference bidhwanpoonia2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Padma Awards was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Assembly Constituency 19 - Sadulpur (Rajasthan)".
  6. ^ "राज्य क्रीड़ा परिषद के अध्यक्ष का पदभार संभालेंगी कृष्णा पूनिया, कहा-बजट में खेलों के लिए काफी कुछ मिलेगा". Zee News.