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{{Short description|Indian para athlete}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1990}}
| birth_place = [[Bhind]], India
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{{MedalCompetition|[[ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2022 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2022 Dartmouth]]|VL1}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2023 Duisburg]]|VL1}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2024 Szeged]]|VL1}}
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'''Pooja Ojha''' (born 1990) is an Indian para athlete from [[Madhya Pradesh]] who competes in canoeing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matter Of Concern: World-Class Infra But Only 6 Athletes For Paris Olympics! |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/matter-of-concern-world-class-infra-but-only-6-athletes-for-paris-olympics |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Free Press Journal |language=en}}</ref> She qualified for the [[India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics|2024 Summer Paralympics]] in the canoeing women's KL1 event. India earned quota places for the following events through the [[2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships]] in [[Duisburg]], Germany; and 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in [[Szeged]], Hungary. Earlier, she represented India at the [[2022 Asian Para Games]] at [[Hangzhou]], [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-21 |title=India at Asian Para Games 2023: Complete list of Indian athletes |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/asian-games/india-at-asian-para-games-2023-complete-list-of-indian-athletes-china-hangzhou-2022-news/article67445414.ece |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/field/1072998/paralympics-2024-indias-schedule-on-september-8-pooja-ojha-only-indian-in-action-on-last-day |title=Paralympics 2024, India's schedule on September 8: Pooja Ojha only Indian in|publisher=scroll.in}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Ojha is from [[Bhind]], Madhya Pradesh.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-04 |title=Pooja Ojha wins India's first ever medal at Canoe Sprint World Championships |url=https://thebridge.in/para-sports/pooja-ojha-canoe-india-first-medal-34084 |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref> She was born with polio and is 80 per cent paralyzed from waist down. Her father, a daily wage worker, supported and encouraged her. Initially, she had a fear of water but slowly overcame it. Now her father works as an assistant after India Post gave him a job.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2024-05-12 |title=Pooja Ojha turns back the tide, wins world silver at 38 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/pooja-ojha-turns-back-the-tide-wins-world-silver-at-38/articleshow/110047432.cms |access-date=2024-08-13 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Career ==
Ojha won India's first ever medal at Canoe Sprint World Championships at [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], Canada in August 2022.<ref name=":0" /> In May 2024, she won a silver medal at the Para Canoe World Championships at [[Hungary]] in VL1 200m category.<ref name=":1" />

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1990 births]]
[[Category:People from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Paralympic canoeists for India]]
[[Category:Indian female canoeists]]
[[Category:Canoeists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in paracanoe]]

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