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'''Pooja Jatyan''' (born 1998) is a [[Para-archery|para archer]] from [[Haryana]]. She is the first para athlete from India to take part in an Olympic Archery event at the [[Rio Paralympics|Rio Paralympics 2016]]. She took part in the recurve women's open competition and qualified for the Rio event at the final world qualifier in the [[Czech Republic]] in 2016.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2016-09-09 |title=Meet Pooja: India's 1st Paralympic archer {{!}} World Archery |url=https://www.worldarchery.sport/news/143837/meet-pooja-indias-1st-paralympic-archer |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=www.worldarchery.sport |language=en}}</ref> She qualified to represent [[India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]] in Paris, France,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sportstar |first=Team |date=2024-08-14 |title=India at Paris Paralympics 2024: Complete list of 84 athletes at Paralympic Games |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/olympics/paris-paralympics-2024/news/paris-2024-india-paralympics-contingent-full-list-of-84-indian-athletes-qualified-sports-ministry-paralympic-games-news/article68512627.ece |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> her second Olympics. But she lost in the quarterfinals.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Jatyan is born in Gurugram but shifted to Rohtak, Haryana after her marriage.<ref name=":1" /> She suffered polio in her childhood at the age of five which left impairment in her left leg. She did her post-graduate studies in Library Sciences from [[Baba Mastnath University]]. She trains at Rajiv Gandhi stadium, in Rohtak.<ref name=":0" /> She is the oldest of four siblings.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Jatyan was the first Indian archer to win an individual medal at the Para World Championships. She won a silver medal at the World Archery Para Championships at the [[Dubai]] in May 2022.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Sachdeva |first=Nihit |date=2022-03-08 |title=The rise and rise of para-archer Pooja Jatyan |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/archery/pooja-jatyan-para-world-championships-hangzhou-2022-paris-2024/article38451957.ece |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> She made her international debut at the [[2018 Asian Para Games]] where she missed a bronze medal. Later, she took part in the 2019 World Championships but failed to progress beyond Round 2.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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In September 2024, she took a two set lead but lost 4-6 against Chinese [[Wu Chunyan]] in the quarterfinals in the women's recurve open at the Paris Paralympics.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-09-03 |title=Indian archer Pooja Jatyan misses Paralympics semis berth, losing to Wu Chunyan of China |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/paris-paralympics/indian-archer-pooja-jatyan-misses-paralympics-semis-berth-losing-to-wu-chunyan-of-china/articleshow/113036410.cms |access-date=2025-04-01 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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