Pooja Sihag (born 17 July 1997) is an Indian

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

held in Birmingham, England.

Career

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

2019 Asian Wrestling Championships The 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships was held in Xi'an, China. The event took place from April 23 to April 28, 2019. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Participating nations ...

held in Xi'an, China. In April 2021, she competed at the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo, Japan. 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 The 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships took place from 13 April to 18 April in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It was held at the same venue as the 2021 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament. This event was the 34th edition of the Asian Wrestling C ...

held in the same venue as the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament. She also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the

held in Birmingham, England.

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* * * {{Authority control 1997 births Living people Asian Wrestling Championships medalists Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Indian women Indian female sport wrestlers