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'''Poonam Khatri''' is an Indian [[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]] player, martial artist and athlete. She won a gold medal in invitational sports of [[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]] at the 13th [[South Asian Games]] at [[Lalitpur, Nepal|Lalitpur]] in [[Nepal]], in Women's Sanda 75 kg.<ref name="0:E">{{cite web |title=Women's 75 KG (5th December) |url=https://www.13sagnepal.com/results/ |publisher=13sagnepal.com, [[2019 South Asian Games]]}}</ref> Khatri won the gold medal at the [[2019 World Wushu Championships]] in [[Shanghai]], [[China]] in the Women's Sanda 75 kg category.<ref name="0:A">{{cite news |title=रोहतक की बहू पूनम बनीं वुशू में विश्व चैंपियन, सोने में बदली चांदी, खेल मंत्री ने ट्वीट कर दी बधाई |url=https://www.jagran.com/haryana/hisar-rohtak-poonam-became-world-champion-in-wushu-and-won-gold-medal-sports-minister-tweeted-congratulations-20722274.html |publisher=[[Dainik Jagaran]] |date=September 8, 2020 |language=Hindi}}</ref><ref name="0:D">{{cite news |title=Rijiju felicitates Wushu World Championships medal winners |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/rijiju-felicitates-wushu-world-championships-medal-winners/articleshow/72057087.cms#:~:text=NEW%20DELHI%3A%20India's%20Wushu%20World,Shanghai%2C%20China%2C%20last%20month. |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=November 4, 2019}}</ref>

== Early life ==
She was born in Soldha village of [[Jhajjar district]] in [[Haryana]], India. She took to sports in her childhood. In an interview with [[The Hindu]]'s [[Sportstar]] magazine, Khatri said, "As a school kid, I used to play [[Kabaddi]] and [[Kho Kho]]."<ref name="0:B">{{cite news |last1=Gupta |first1=Shivansh |title=Poonam Khatri reaps reward for 'hard work' with Wushu World C'ships silver |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/other-sports/poonam-khatri-wushu-world-championships-silver/article30126288.ece |agency=[[The Hindu]] |publisher=[[Sportstar]] |date=December 1, 2019}}</ref> Poonam began practicing the martial art [[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]] when she was 15 years old.<ref name="0:B"/>

In 2008, she received a job through sports quota in the [[Sashastra Seema Bal]], one of the [[Central Armed Police Forces]] in India,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goswami |first1=Neev |title=Want to see 'Wushu' as a sport at Olympic Games: Khattri |url=https://www.newsx.com/sports/want-to-see-wushu-as-a-sport-at-olympic-games-khattri.html |publisher=[[NewsX]] |date=August 21, 2020}}</ref> where she is currently posted as an [[Assistant sub-inspector of police]].<ref name="0:A"/>

== Career ==
In 2003, Khatri became national champion in [[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]] for the first time and subsequently in 2004 she made her international debut at the 6th [[World Wushu Championships|Asian Wushu Championship]] in [[Myanmar]], where she won a bronze medal for India.<ref>{{cite news |title=6th Asian Wushu Championship 2004 |url=http://wushuindia.in/achivements.html |publisher=wushuindia.in}}</ref>

She won the silver medal at the 15th edition of [[World Wushu Championships]] (WWC) 2019 held at Minhang Gymnasium in [[Shanghai]], [[China]], but later it was upgraded to Gold Medal when [[Iran]]'s [[Maryam Hashemi (wushu)|Maryam Hashemi]] failed her dope test.<ref name="0:C">{{cite news |title=Police Officer Poonam Khatri crowned Wushu World Champion |url=https://thebridge.in/others/poonam-khatri-crowned-wushu-world-champion/ |publisher=TheBridge |date=September 5, 2020}}</ref>

At the [[Wushu at the 2019 South Asian Games|2019 South Asian Games in Nepal]], Khatri won a gold medal in the Wushu - 75 kg category.<ref name="0:E"/>

In November 2019, she was facilitated by [[Kiren Rijiju]], the [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports|Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports]] with a cash prize of {{INRConvert|14|l}} for winning a medal at [[World Wushu Championships]].<ref name="0:D"/>

In August 2013, she won a gold medal in the Women's Boxing at the 2013 [[World Police and Fire Games]], held in [[Belfast]], [[Ireland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=विश्व पुलिस गेम्स में पूनम खत्री ने जीता गोल्ड मैडल |url=https://www.dainiktribuneonline.com/news/archive/sports/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8-%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE-%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B2-552193 |publisher=[[Dainik Tribune]] |date=August 10, 2013 |language=Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=स्वर्ण पदक विजेता खिलाड़ी का किया जोरदार स्वागत |url=https://www.jagran.com/haryana/rohtak-10643570.html |publisher=[[Dainik Jagaran]] |date=August 13, 2013 |language=Hindi}}</ref> She is a 10-time National Champion and has also won medals at all-India police boxing tournaments<ref name="0:C"/>

== Personal life ==
Poonam is married to Manjeet Khatri, who works in the [[Indian Air Force]].<ref name="0:A"/> The couple has a baby girl named Paridhi.<ref name="0:B"/>

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian wushu practitioners]]
[[Category:Indian female martial artists]]
[[Category:Indian women boxers]]
[[Category:South Asian Games gold medalists for India]]
[[Category:South Asian Games medalists in wushu]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:World Games gold medalists]]
[[Category:Indian martial arts]]
[[Category:Indian police officers]]
[[Category:People from Haryana]]
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