Poonia with Gold medal at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games
Personal information
Born
(1977-05-05) 5 May 1977 (age 47) Agroha, Haryana, India
Height
1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight
79 kg (174 lb) (2013–present)
Sport
Country
India
Sport
Athletics
Event
Discus
Achievements and titles
Personal best
64.76 m (Wailuku 2012)
Medal record
Asian Games
2006 Doha
Discus
2010 Guangzhou
Discus
Commonwealth Games
2010 Delhi
Discus
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 formar 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]
^"KRISHNA POONIA". g2014results.thecgf.com. Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
^Krishna wins poll battle in Rajasthan in second attempt The Tribune. Retrieved 13 December 2018
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