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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Pooja Khanna[1] |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Born | 19 November 1990 Rohtak, Harayana, India |
| Sport | |
| Country | India |
| Sport | Archery, |
| Disability | Poliomyelitis (Right Leg) |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Paralympic finals | Represented (2016) |
| Highest world ranking | 41 (2018)[2] |
Pooja Khanna is India's first ever Paralympic Archery player. She debuted at the 2016 Rio Paralympics at the age of 25 and was the only archer from India among all 19 athletes sent to the Games. She secured a fifth-place in the final Paralympic Qualifier which secured India's spot in the 2016 Olympics under World Quota Recurve Women Open in the Czech Republic 2016. Her Olympics journey ended at Round 32 after she failed to defeat Poland's Milena Olszewska by 2–6. She was able to secure a rank of 29 out of the 32 archers participating.[3]
- ^ Wells, Chris (9 September 2016). "Meet Pooja: India's 1st Paralympic archer". worldarchery.org. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Pooja". World Archery. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Rio Paralympics 2016, India Archery: Pooja Khanna loses to Poland's Milena Olszewska 6-2 in Women's Individual Recurve Round of 32 match". www.sportskeeda.com. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2019.