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Pooja Sihag

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Pooja Sihag
Sihag in August 2022
Personal information
CitizenshipIndian
Born (1997-07-17) 17 July 1997 (age 27)[1]
Sisai, Hisar
OccupationSub Inspector in Rajasthan Police.
Sport
CountryIndia
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class76 KG
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  India
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham 76 kg
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Almaty 76 kg
Asian U23 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2019 Ulaanbaatar 76 kg

Pooja Sihag (born 17 July 1997) is an Indian freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[2][3]

Career

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In 2017, she competed in the women's 75 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France.[4] In 2019, she won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the Asian U23 Wrestling Championship held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[5] In that same year, she also competed at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China.[6]

In April 2021, she competed at the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7] She did not qualify for the Olympics at this tournament. In the same month, she won the bronze medal in her event at the 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships held in the same venue as the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament.[8][9] She also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[10]

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[11][12]

Achievements

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Year Tournament Location Result Event
2021 Asian Championships Almaty, Kazakhstan 3rd Freestyle 76 kg
2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham, England 3rd Freestyle 76 kg

References

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  1. ^ "Pooja SIHAG". Birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  2. ^ "CWG 2022: Indian wrestler Pooja Sihag advances to semis of women's 76 kg category, Vinesh Phogat continues winning". The Print. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  3. ^ "CWG 2022: Pooja Sihag of India Wins Bronze at the 2022 Commonwealth Games". News18. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  4. ^ "2017 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  5. ^ "2019 Asian U23 Wrestling Championship" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  6. ^ "2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2020.
  7. ^ "2021 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  8. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (15 April 2021). "China follows Japan in withdrawing women from UWW Asian Championships over COVID concerns". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  9. ^ "2021 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  10. ^ "2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  11. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (6 August 2022). "Phogat completes Commonwealth Games hat-trick with another wrestling gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Wrestling Competition Summary" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
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