Pooja Gehlot

Pooja Gehlot, is an Indian freestyle wrestler who won a Silver medal at the 2019 U23 World Wrestling Championships in the 53 kg category.[1][2] Gehlot participated in this championship after a two year break because of a shoulder injury.[3][4]

Pooja Gehlot
Personal information
Born (1997-03-15) 15 March 1997
lampur Village, Delhi, India
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Sport
CountryIndia
SportFreestyle wrestling
Event(s)50 kg/53 kg
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  India
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World U23 Wrestling Championships - 1 -
Total 0 1 0
World U23 Championships
2019 Budapest53 kg

Early life

Pooja Gehlot was a volleyball player. However, because of her height, she was directed to go for other options. Her uncle was a wrestler who encouraged her. She opted for wrestling in 2010 since she was also inspired by the success of the women’s team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. She participated and won gold at the 2015 Junior Nationals at Ranchi. In 2017, she was at top at Junior Asian Championships in Taiwan.[3][5]

References
  1. Scroll Staff. "Wrestling U-23 World C'ships: Pooja Gehlot wins India's second silver, Sajan to compete for bronze". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  2. Nov 2, PTI /; 2019; Ist, 10:02. "Pooja Gehlot wins silver at Under-23 World Wrestling Championships | More sports News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-11-24.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. "Gehlot no match for Japanese Okuno, settles for silver". Hindustan Times. 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  4. "पूजा ने अंडर-23 वर्ल्ड रेसलिंग चैम्पियनशिप में रजत जीता, भारत के टूर्नामेंट में 2 पदक". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  5. "Pooja Gehlot wrestles past hurdles to claim World silver". The Indian Express. 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.