Pooja Gehlot is an Indian freestyle wrestler who competes in the women’s 50kg and 53kg categories. In 2018, she won the Bharat Kesari Championship in freestyle wrestling.
Wiki/Biography
Pooja Gehlot aka Pooja Gahlawat was born on Saturday, March 15, 1997 in Narela, New Delhi (age 25; as of 2022). She hails from Farmana, Haryana. Her zodiac sign is Pisces.
Pooja Gehlot childhood photos
She received her bachelor’s degree in physical education from Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′3″
Weight (approximately): 55kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Her father Vijender Singh works as a laboratory assistant at Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya in Delhi. Her mother’s name is Jagwanti Devi. She has two brothers named Ankit Gahlawat and Pushpendra Gahlawat and a sister named Priyanka Gahlawat.
Pooja Gehlot and her father
Pooja Gehlot and her mother
Pooja Gehlot and her brother Pushpendra Gahlawat
Pooja Gehlot and her brother Ankit Gahlawat
Pooja Gehlot and her sister
Profession
In 2016, Pooja made her debut in the 48kg category at the National Youth Wrestling Championships in Ranchi. She won a gold medal at the championships. During practice, she suffered a serious injury and doctors advised her to take a year off. In 2017, she resumed practicing, and in 2018, she competed in freestyle wrestling. The tournament was organized by the Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Department to commemorate the martyrdom days of Shahid Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev. In the competition, she won the title of Bharat Kesari Champion along with a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh.
Pooja Gehlot is congratulated for winning the Bharat Kesari Dangal
Pooja went on to compete in various wrestling tournaments such as the Asian Junior Championship and the World Wrestling Championship. Her coach is her uncle Dharamveer Singh.
medal
- 2016: Gold Medal at Ranchi National Junior Championships
- 2017: Taiwan Junior Asian Championships Gold Medal
Pooja Gehlot wins gold medal at Asian Championships (2017)
- 2019: Silver Medal at World U23 Wrestling Championships, Budapest, Hungary
Facts/Trivia
- At the age of 6, Pooja started learning wrestling techniques. Her uncle Dharamveer Singh was a wrestler and she used to accompany him to matches as a child. There, she often observed the moves of the wrestlers and practiced her moves at home.
- Her father did not want her to become a wrestler. Then she started playing games like volleyball at school. She has participated in national level volleyball competitions.
Pooja Gehlot and her volleyball team
- She became interested in wrestling again after watching Indian wrestlers Geeta Phogat and Babita Phogat compete at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
- She considers Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt as his inspiration.
- Pooja follows a vegetarian diet.
- In an interview, Pooja talked about her strengths in wrestling. she says,
Initially, when I knew I had to train with boys, I was reluctant. But I wanted to be a wrestler, and my dad always encouraged me not to think about those things. Training with Greco-Roman wrestlers helped make the defense rock solid. “
- Pooja endorsed health supplement brand Guardian GNC on her Instagram account.
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education