Pratima Puhan (born 27 August 1991 in

Cuttack Cuttack (, or officially Kataka ) in Odia is the former capital and the second largest city in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the headquarters of the Cuttack district. The name of the city is an anglicised form of ''Kataka'' which literall ...

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

) is an Indian rower. She won a bronze medal in Women coxless pair event with Pramila Prava Minz of Odisha in the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

Achievements

*Wrote rowing history for India by becoming the first Indian women along with Pramila Prava Minz to win a medal in

. *She and Pramila Prava Minz claimed a bronze in the coxless pair event, clocking seven minutes and 47.50 seconds at

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

, China on 19 November 2010.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Puhan, Pratima 1991 births Living people Sportswomen from Odisha Indian female rowers Sportspeople from Cuttack Asian Games medalists in rowing Rowers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for India 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games