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Krishna Poonia

1977 - Today

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Krishna Poonia (born 24 April 1977) is an Indian politician and former discus thrower. She is an international gold-medalist, track-and-field athlete, 2 times Olympics participant, Padma Shri and Arjuna Award recipient, politician from Indian National Congress and a former MLA from Sadulpur constituency in Rajasthan. She participated in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. In 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, she won a gold medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Krishna Poonia is the 5,406th most popular athlete (down from 4,791st in 2019), the 1,579th most popular biography from India (down from 1,485th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Indian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Krishna Poonia ranks 5,406 out of 6,025. Before her are Josef Dostál, Leonardo Fabbri, Anna-Maria Wagner, Kilian Le Blouch, Jacob Holm, and Danyon Loader. After her are Worapoj Petchkoom, Sandra Schmirler, Khrystyna Stuy, Angelica Bengtsson, Marek Plawgo, and Catherine Skinner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Krishna Poonia ranks 1,142. Before her are Kristina Brandi, Wally Szczerbiak, Karthi, Bertrand Laquait, Naoki Mori, and Takayoshi Shikida. After her are Luke Donald, Markwayne Mullin, Andrew Higginson, Ouro-Nimini Tchagnirou, Khasanbi Taov, and Peter Enckelman.

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In India

Among people born in India, Krishna Poonia ranks 1,579 out of 1,861. Before her are Yami Gautam (1988), Suchitra Krishnamoorthi (1975), Shubha Mudgal (1959), Neil Nitin Mukesh (1982), Vishal Bhardwaj (1965), and Arnab Goswami (1973). After her are Priyamani (1984), Parvathy Baul (1976), Prithviraj Sukumaran (1982), Ashwini Kalsekar (1970), Remo D'Souza (1974), and Zaheer Khan (1978).

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Among ATHLETES In India

Among athletes born in India, Krishna Poonia ranks 26. Before her are Deepa Malik (1970), Neeraj Chopra (1997), Anju Bobby George (1977), Dipika Pallikal (1991), Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (1994), and Gagan Narang (1983). After her are Dola Banerjee (1980), Ravi Kumar Dahiya (1997), Vijay Kumar (1985), Manu Bhaker (2002), Dutee Chand (1996), and Atanu Das (1992).

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