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'''Pooja Singh''' (born 21 February 2007) is an [[Athletics in India|Indian athlete]]. She competes in the [[high jump]] event. She is named in the Indian athletics team for the high jump event for the 2022 [[Asian Games]] at [[Hangzhou]], [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-26 |title=Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023 |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/asian-games-2023-full-list-of-634-indian-athletes-who-will-take-part-in-hangzhou-event-13042652.html |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=Firstpost |language=en}}</ref> She reached the finals of the Asian Games women's high jump event along with compatriot [[Rubina Yadav]] and finished sixth. Rubina finished ninth. <br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Pooja hails from Bosti village in [[Haryana]]. Her father Hansraj is a construction worker.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Selvaraj |first=Jonathan |date=2023-06-13 |title=Haryana mason’s daughter, Pooja, takes flight in Indian athletics |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athletics/pooja-high-jump-father-mason-indian-athletics/article66963786.ece |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=sportstar.thehindu.com |language=en}}</ref> Coach Balwan Singh spotted Pooja while during a yoga session and was impressed with her yoga postures, charasana and dhanurasana (yoga forms) and recruited her and started training her as a high jumper.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2023-09-21 |title=Spotted at yoga camp, teen high jumps to Asian Games |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/spotted-at-yoga-camp-teen-high-jumps-to-asian-games/articleshow/103822002.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-10-03 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
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* 2023: She won a silver medal at the 20th Asian U20 Athletics Championship, Yecheon.<br />
* 2023: Won a gold at the Youth Asian Championship in Tashkent.<ref name=":0" /><br />
* 2023: In July, she took part in the Asian Athletics Championships, Supachalasai National Stadium, Bangkok.<br />
* 2023: She also won a bronze at the Youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad & Tobago.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[https://worldathletics.org/athletes/india/pooja-15053572 Pooja Singh] at [[World Athletics]]<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:2007 births]]<br />
[[Category:Indian female high jumpers]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes from Haryana]]<br />
[[Category:Sportswomen from Haryana]]<br />
[[Category:People from Fatehabad district]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]</div>Abhisheksingh