Pooja Kadian

Pooja Kadian (born 1 October 1991^[1] is an Indian Wushu player. She won Silver Medal in invitational sports of Wushu at the 9th World Games at Cali in Colombia, in Women's Sanda 60 kg.^[2][3]

Pooja Kadian

The President Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Arjuna Award, 2018 to Pooja Kadian for Wushu.
Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Born	1 October 1991 (1991-10) (age 33) Jhajjar district, Haryana, India
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Wushu
Event	Sanda
Medal record Women's Sanda Representing  India World Championships 2011 Ankara 60 kg 2013 Kuala Lumpur 70 kg 2015 Jakarta 75 kg 2017 Kazan 75 kg World Games 2013 World Games 60kg

Kadian previously won gold in the 12th South Asian Games and alsobagged silver medals in the World Games 2013 and the World Championship in 2013 and 2015. She also won gold medals in the National Games in 2014 and 2017.^[4]

Pooja won the first ever gold medal for India at 2017 World Wushu Championships.^[5]

Awards

She was awarded by the Government of India, the prestigious Arjuna Award in (2018) for her performance in 2017 World Wushu Championships.^[6]