Dhanalakshmi Poojary (born 2004) is an Indian kabaddi player from Karnataka. She plays for the Indian women's national kabaddi team and for Karnataka in the domestic tournaments. She is an allrounder.[1]
Early life[edit | edit source]
Poojary is from the Suratkal Idya locality in Mangaluru city, Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka. Her parents are Narayan Poojary and Shashikala. He did her graduation and post-graduation at Alva's College, Moodabidiri,[2] which is part of Alva's Education Foundation and was a product of Alva's Sports Club programme.[1][3]
Career[edit | edit source]
She was a part of the Indian women's national kabaddi team that won gold in the Women's Kabaddi World Cup 2025 at Dhaka, Bangladesh in November 2025.[4] Before the World Cup, she trained at Sports Authority of India (SAI) Centre in Gandhinagar, Gujarat after she was selected for the national camp.[3] She captained the Karnataka state team in the 2025 Senior Federation Cup Kabaddi Championship. She also represented Karnataka 12 time in various junior, senior and Khelo India games.[5] She also represented Mangalore University in the All India Inter-University Games.[6]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dhanalakshmi Poojary Biography: Early Life, Domestic Career, Achievements, Social Media and More - Kabaddi Adda". 14 November 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ K, Shreyas (20 November 2025). "Inspiring Story: ಧೈರ್ಯೇ, ಸಾಹಸೇ ʼಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ!ʼ, ಢಾಕಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಧನಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿಯ ಖದರ್; ಕಬಡ್ಡಿ ವಿಶ್ವಕಪ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕರುನಾಡ ಹುಡುಗಿ". Kannada News18. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Dhanalakshmi Poojary from Alva's chosen for national women's kabaddi team". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 8 December 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ Nag, Utathya (24 November 2025). "Women's Kabaddi World Cup 2025: India defend title - all match results, scores and points table". Olympics. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ↑ Udayavani (11 November 2025). "Surathkal's Dhanalakshmi Poojary selected for Indian women's kabaddi team | Udayavani - Latest English News, Udayavani Newspaper". Udayavani. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ K, Shreyas (20 November 2025). "Inspiring Story: ಧೈರ್ಯೇ, ಸಾಹಸೇ ʼಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ!ʼ, ಢಾಕಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಧನಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿಯ ಖದರ್; ಕಬಡ್ಡಿ ವಿಶ್ವಕಪ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕರುನಾಡ ಹುಡುಗಿ". Kannada News18. Retrieved 20 March 2026.