Pooja Kanwar
Pooja Kanwar (born 15 April 2003)[1] is a handball player from Rajasthan. She playes for the India women’s National Handball team as right wing. She plays for Rajasthan in the domestic events.
Early life
[edit]Kanwar is from Rajasthan, India.
Career
[edit]In March 2024, Kanwar was the captain of the Rajasthan team which won a silver medal at the 52nd Senior Women’s National Handball Championship at Hathras, Uttar Pradesh.[2] In March 2023, she was also part of the Rajasthan team that won the 51st Senior Women’s National Handball Championship at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh held under the aegis of Handball Association of India
In 2023, she was part of the Indian women's team at the Asian Games at Hangzhou, the People’s Republic of China. This is the fifth Asian Games for the Indian women's handball team. They finished third in a tough group behind Japan and China and failed to advance.[3]
In February 2023, she was selected to play the AHF President Cup Senior Women's Handball at Amman, Jordan.[4] In November 2023, she also skippered the Rajasthan team which played the 37th National Games at Goa.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "IHF | POOJA". www.ihf.info. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ "Indian Railways upset defending champions Rajasthan to win Senior National Women's Handball Championship". The Times of India. 12 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ Peesara, Anuraag (30 September 2023). "Asian Games 2023 handball: Indian women's team's campaigns ends in group stage". Olympics. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ "Rajasthan: जॉर्डन में भारत का प्रतिनिधित्व करेंगी राजस्थान की बेटियां, हैंडबॉल में दिखाएंगी जौहर". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ "National Games: Manish, Pooja to lead Raj handball teams". The Times of India. 2 November 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 12 July 2025.