Pooja Rani

Pooja Rani Bohra (born 17 March 1992) is an Indian middleweight boxer. She is two time Asian champion (2019,2021) She won the bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games in the 75 kg category.[2][3] She won the gold medal in South Asian Games 2016. She also won Silver (2012) and Bronze (2015) in Asian Championship 75 kg weight categories. She represented India at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 in the 75 kg category. In 2016, she failed to qualify for the Rio Olympics when she lost at the second round of the Women's World Boxing Championships in May 2016.[4] In 2020 She become first Indian to qualify for 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

Pooja Rani Bohra
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1992-03-17) 17 March 1992[1]
Nimriwali, Bhiwani district, Haryana, India
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1]
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classMiddleweight (75 kg)
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  India
Asian Games
2014 IncheonMiddleweight
Asian Championships
2019 BangkokLight heavyweight
2021 DubaiMiddleweight
2012 UlaanbaatarMiddleweight
2015 WulanchabuMiddleweight

Early life

Pooja Rani Boora hails from Nimriwali village of Haryana state's Bhiwani district, considered to be the sport's cradle in India.[1][6] It took her a year to find the courage to join the Hawa Singh Boxing Academy in her town, and kept it secret from her father, whom she knew would disapprove, when she did.[7] She would hide her injuries from the sport so that her father would not find out, staying over at friend's houses while her wounds subsided.[7]

Pooja had to fight against her father's dislike of the sport to be allowed to compete professionally for almost six months. In an interview, she mentions how her father would tell her that 'good children did not play boxing'.[8] When her father found out about her boxing ambitions, he banned her from attending classes. Her coach Sanjay Kumar Sheoran had to plead with her family to allow her to compete.[7] Even so, it took nearly six months to convince her parents to allow her to box professionally.[8]

Her first major win came in 2009 defeating a leading Haryana boxer Preeti Beniwal in the state championships, she became a youth state champion and followed it up with a silver in the Youth Nationals in the 60kg category. Her family start supporting her and her father rewarded her with a bike.[9]

In Diwali 2017, she burnt her hand, which kept her out for six months. Eager to make up for lost time, she hurried into training and sustained a shoulder injury. Her confidence dented, Rani felt it was better to switch to the 81kg category. In April 2019, she won the ASBC Asian Championship gold by defeating China's Wang Lina.[10][11]

Pooja also serves as an Income Tax inspector at the Haryana government.[8]

Boxing career

Pooja won the National Youth Boxing Championship in 2009, after which she broke through to the national stage. She then won the silver medal at the Asian Boxing Championships 2012 and the Arafura Games held in Australia in 2012, making her one of the top contenders to qualify for the 2016 Olympics at Rio. However, she lost at the second round of the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in 2016 and thus failed to qualify for the Rio Olympics.[12]

She also had the opportunity to represent India in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, but lost to famous English boxer Savannah Marshal 0–3 in the Round of 16.[13] She also represented India at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship, where she made a first round exit.[14]

International

1. 12th South Asian Games held in Shillong, from 10 to 15 February 2016 :------- GOLD

2. 6th Asian Women Boxing championship held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 16 to 26 March 2012::--------- SILVER

3. 7th Asian Women Boxing championship held in Wulanchabu, China from 5 to 14 August 2015 ::------ BRONZE

4. 17th Asian Games held in Incheon, Korea from 19 to 30 October 2014::-----BRONZE

5. Commonwealth Games 2014:----PARTICIPATE

6. China open Boxing Guiyang city from 27th may to 4 June 2011 :------BRONZE

7. Arafura Games held in Darwin, Australia from 9th may to 12 May 2011:------- SILVER

8. AIBA Women world Boxing Championship 2012 and 2016(Quarter finalist) :--- PARTICIPATE

9. 3rd Nations cup held in Verbas, Serbia from 9 to 12 January 2014 :------BRONZE

10. 5th Nations cup held in Ruma, Serbia from 7 to 13 January 2016 :------ BRONZE

11. Olympic qualifier Asia - Osiana 1st round :---- PARTICIPATE

National

1. 11th Senior women National Boxing championship held in Thrissur, Kerala from 5 to 10 December 2010 :--------BRONZE

2. 12th Senior Women National Boxing championship held in Bhopal, M. P. from 11 to 16 October 2011 :----------- SILVER

3. 13th Senior Women National Boxing championship held in Guwahati, Assam from 25 to 29 November 2012:-------GOLD

4. 14th Senior Women National Boxing championship held in Khatima, Uttrakhand from 18 to 23 may :--------- GOLD

5. 16th Senior Women National Boxing championship held in Bongaigaon, Assam from 27 October to 2 November 2015:-----------GOLD

6. 34th National Games held in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand from 17 to 24 February 2011:--------GOLD

7. Federation cup held in Uttrakhand, Nainital from 26 to 29 November 2009 :---------GOLD

8. Federation cup held in Nainital from 18 to 29 November 2010 :-------- GOLD

9. 4th Senior North Zone Boxing championship held in Chandigarh from 14 to 16 ??? 2009 :----------GOLD

10. 4th Youth women National boxing championship held in Goa from 25 to 30 March 2009:------- SILVER

11. All India inter-University held in MLS Udaipur from 21 to 24 January 2011:---------GOLD

State achievements

1. 5th Youth women State Boxing championship held in Balabhgarh, Faridabad from 24 to 26 January 2009 :----------GOLD

2. 8th Senior Women state Boxing championship held in Bhiwani from 22 to 23 August 2009 :-------- GOLD

3. 9th Senior Women State Boxing championship held in Samalkha, Panipat from 26 to 28 November 2010:-------GOLD

4 . 10th Senior Women State Boxing championship held in Bucholi, Mahendergarh from 15 to 18 September. 2011:------------GOLD

5. 12th Senior Women State Boxing championship held in UBA Hissar from 11 to 13 May 2013 :----------- GOLD

6. 13th Senior Women State Boxing championship held in Bhiwani from 26 to 28 June 2014 :------------GOLD

7..14th Senior Women State Boxing championship held in Rohtak from 12 to 15 September 2015 :-------------GOLD

References
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  5. "Pooja Rani Won 33th Quota For India- Sportstalk24". Sportstalk24. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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  7. Sengupta, Rudraneil (19 July 2014). "Commonwealth Games 2014 | Five athletes you should know". www.livemint.com/. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
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  9. Suhani Singh Mumbai (10 July 2021). "Punch perfect | Pooja Rani". India Today. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  10. "Asian Boxing Championships: Pooja Rani ends India's campaign with gold in 81kg". India Today. Press Trust of India. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  11. Suhani Singh Mumbai (10 July 2021). "Punch perfect | Pooja Rani". India Today. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
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  13. "CWG: Sarita lone bright spot on gloomy day for boxers - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
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