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| image = XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Krishna Poonia of India won the Gold medal in Women’s Discus event, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in New Delhi on October 11, 2010.jpg<br />
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| caption = Poonia with Gold medal at the [[2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|5|5}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Agroha (town)|Agroha]], Haryana, India<br />
| height = 1.8 m<ref>{{cite web|title=KRISHNA POONIA|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/cycling_road/1026644/krishna_poonia.html|website=g2014results.thecgf.com|publisher=[[Commonwealth Games Federation]]|access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref><br />
| weight = 79 kg (2013–present)<br />
| country = {{IND}}<br />
| sport = Athletics<br />
| event = [[Discus throw|Discus]]<br />
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| pb = 64.76 m ([[Wailuku, Hawaii|Wailuku]] 2012)<br />
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{{MedalCompetition | [[Athletics at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] }}<br />
{{MedalGold | [[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's discus throw|Discus]] }}<br />
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'''Krishna Poonia''' (born 5 May 1977) is an international gold-medalist Indian [[discus thrower]], track-and-field athlete, 2 times Olympics participant, [[Padma Shri]] and Arjuna Award recipient, politician from [[Indian National Congress|Congress party]] and the current [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from [[Sadulpur (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Sadulpur constituency in Rajasthan]].<ref name="bidhwanpoonia1">[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/krishna-wins-poll-battle-in-rajasthan-in-second-attempt/696921.html Krishna wins poll battle in Rajasthan in second attempt] ''The Tribune''. Retrieved 13 December 2018</ref><ref name=bidhwanpoonia2/><ref name="Padma Awards"/> She participated in 2008 and 2012 [[Olympic Games]].<ref name=bidhwanpoonia2/> In 2010 [[Delhi Commonwealth Games]], she won a gold medal.<ref name="Padma Awards"/><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Poonia was born on 5 May 1977 in [[Jat]] family of [[Agroha (town)|Agroha]] village of [[Haryana|Haryana's]] [[Hisar district]].<ref>{{cite web|title=KRISHNA POONIA|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/india/krishna-poonia-202655|website=iaaf.org|publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations]]|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330210742/http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/india/krishna-poonia-202655|archive-date=30 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Gold Rush..Fast Paced Development |journal=Haryana Review |date=November 2010 |volume=24 |issue=11 |page=44 |url=http://haryanasamvad.gov.in/store/document/hr_nov_2010.pdf |access-date=29 June 2016 |publisher=[[Government of Haryana]] |language=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413153758/http://haryanasamvad.gov.in/store/document/hr_nov_2010.pdf |archive-date=13 April 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Koshie|first1=Nihal|title=All Jats Night: Discus trio make history|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/all-jats-night-discus-trio-make-history/696038/0|access-date=29 June 2016|work=[[Indian Express]]|date=12 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321091119/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/all-jats-night-discus-trio-make-history/696038/0|archive-date=21 March 2016}}</ref> She was raised by her father and paternal grandmother after her mother died when she was 9 years old.<ref name="jatni1">{{Cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/04/sport/krishna-poonia-athlete-activist-india/index.html|title=Krishna Poonia: Discus diva champions Indian girl power|last1=Knight|first1=Matthew|last2=Yasukawa|first2=Olivia|date=4 February 2015|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=22 December 2018}}</ref> Krishna's physical fitness was honed as a result of working at her family land since the age of 15 and not exactly undergoing rigorous sports training.<ref name="Matthew Knight and Olivia Yasukawa">{{Cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/04/sport/krishna-poonia-athlete-activist-india/index.html|title=Krishna Poonia: Star of India, champion of new society|author=Matthew Knight and Olivia Yasukawa|website=CNN|access-date=27 July 2019}}</ref><br />
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In 2000, she married Virender Singh Poonia, a former athlete who coached her after their marriage.<ref name="jatni1" /> They had a son in 2001.<ref name="bidhwanpoonia1" /> The couple worked for [[Indian Railways]] but in 2013, Poonia resigned and joined the Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/assembly/ace-discus-thrower-krishna-poonia-resigns-from-railways-expected-to-join-congress-538610|title=Ace discus thrower Krishna Poonia resigns from Railways, expected to join Congress|website=NDTV.com|access-date=27 July 2019}}</ref> They live in [[Jaipur]]. Poonia obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts#India|Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[sociology]] from [[Kanoria PG Mahila Mahavidyalaya]] in [[Jaipur]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Poonia won a bronze medal in 2006 [[Doha Asian Games]]. She threw her personal best at 61.53 metres in the second try and finished behind [[Aimin Sing]] of China (63.52) and [[Ma Xuenjun]], also of China (62.43).<br />
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She had won a gold medal in the 46th Open National athletics championships to nose ahead of favourites [[Seema Antil]] and [[Harwant Kaur]] while registering a career-best at 60.10 metres distance.<br />
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She contested at the [[2008 Beijing Olympics]], but failed to reach the finals, after finishing 10th in the qualifiers with a throw of 58.23.<br />
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On 8 May 2012, she made a throw of 64.76 meters in Hawaii, US, which was a new national record. She also clinched the bronze medal in the Guangzhou Asian Games, 2010.{{cn|date=May 2020}}<br />
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===2010 Commonwealth games===<br />
Poonia became the first Indian woman athlete to win a gold medal at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in New Delhi. Poonia led the historic clean sweep of the discus event by clearing 61.5 meters. She is the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in track and field events of Commonwealth games and the first Indian to win a gold medal in such events after [[Milkha Singh]] who had won the gold in Men's 440 yards race in the [[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/india-wins-first-games-track-field-gold-since-milkha-singh-in-1958/articleshow/6732739.cms?from=mdr | title=India wins first Games track & field gold since Milkha Singh in 1958 | publisher=[[The Economic Times]] | date=12 October 2012 | accessdate=19 July 2021 | author=Saibal Bose}}</ref><ref name="CWGgold">{{cite news |title=Krishna Poonia creates history, wins gold in athletics |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/krishna-poonia-creates-history-wins-gold-in-athletics/695877/0 |access-date=21 June 2020 |work=The Indian Express |date=11 October 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200621210421/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/krishna-poonia-creates-history-wins-gold-in-athletics/695877/0 |archive-date=21 June 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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===2012 London Olympics===<br />
She finished a creditable sixth in the women's discus throw in the 2012 London Olympics. Poonia's best effort of 63.62 m came in her fifth and penultimate attempt. She had 62.42 m in the first attempt and 61.61 in the third and 61.31 in the sixth and the final throw. She had two no-throws in the second and the fourth attempt.<ref>{{cite web |title=Krishna Poonia Finishes 7th |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/article3728282.ece |publisher=The Hindu}}</ref> Earlier she became only the sixth Indian to make it to the final round of an olympic track and field event after [[Milkha Singh]], [[P T Usha]], [[Sriram Singh]], [[Gurbachan Singh Randhawa]] and [[Anju Bobby George]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Krishna Poonia Qualifies for Discus Final |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/article3723949.ece |publisher=The Hindu}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
In 2013, she joined the [[Indian National Congress]] at an election rally in Churu – her husband's home district – in the presence of [[Rahul Gandhi]] and then chief minister [[Ashok Gehlot]] after she was approached by the Congress's leadership.<ref name=bidhwanpoonia2>[https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/rajasthan-assembly-elections-2018-krishna-punia-congress-electoral-triumph-same-as-winning-gold-1953688 Electoral Triumph Same As Winning Gold: Congress Candidate Krishna Punia], NDTV, 26 November 2018.</ref><br />
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In [[2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election]], she contested and lost her first election from the [[Sadulpur (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Sadulpur Assembly constituency]] as Congress candidate where she finished third behind [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] and [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]].<ref name=bidhwanpoonia2/> In [[2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election]], she contested again and won the same seat on a Congress ticket, by a margin of 18084 votes after receiving 70020 votes.<ref name=bidhwanpoonia1/><br />
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In 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Poonia was nominated by Congress from the Jaipur Rural constituency. She contested against Olympian [[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]] of the BJP.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/general-elections-2019-krishna-poonia-on-bjp-rival-rajyavardhan-rathore-khiladi-vs-khiladi-2033513|title=Election 2019: "Khiladi vs Khiladi": Olympian Krishna Poonia On Rajyavardhan Rathore|website=NDTV.com|access-date=27 July 2019}}</ref> She lost to Rathore by a margin of 393171 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/lok-sabha-elections-2019/rajasthan/krishna-poonia-jaipur-rural-candidate-s20p06c02/|title=Krishna Poonia: Jaipur Rural News & Election Rally by Krishna Poonia in Lok Sabha Elections|website=News18|access-date=27 July 2019}}</ref><br />
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Poonia has been helping Rajasthan State Health Ministry in its attempt to curb female foeticide as the selective abortion of female fetuses is a pressing concern in Indian especially in Haryana where Poonia grew up. She is also engaged in improving the infrastructure of sports for children in Jaipur and across the country.<ref name="Matthew Knight and Olivia Yasukawa"/><br />
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==Honors==<br />
* "Padma Shri" Civilian honour in 2011: awarded by the Government of India.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> <br />
*"Arjuna Award" in 2010: awarded by the [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]], Government of India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianathletics.in/arjuna-awardees-athletics/|title=Arjuna Awardees- Athletics – Athletics Federation of India|language=en-US|access-date=27 July 2019}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Shilpi Sheoran]]<br />
* [[Phogat sisters]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IAAF|202655}}<br />
* {{IOC profile|krishna-poonia}}<br />
* {{SR/Olympics profile|po/krishna-poonia-1}}<br />
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