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Krishna Poonia

1977 - Today

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Krishna Poonia (born 5 May 1977) is an international gold-medalist Indian discus thrower, track-and-field athlete, 2 times Olympics participant, Padma Shri and Arjuna Award recipient, politician from the Congress party and the former MLA from Sadulpur constituency in Rajasthan. She participated in 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. In 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, she won a gold medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Krishna Poonia has received more than 306,613 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Krishna Poonia is the 4,408th most popular athlete (down from 3,336th in 2019), the 1,483rd most popular biography from India (down from 1,206th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Indian Athlete.

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  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Krishna Poonia ranks 4,408 out of 6,025. Before her are Michelle Freeman, Roxana Cogianu, Svetlana Podobedova, Martin Rettl, Stephanie Brown Trafton, and Kim Jong-hyun. After her are Maartje Paumen, Nikola Rađen, Niccolò Campriani, Galib Jafarov, Gian Simmen, and Fredrik Lindström.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Krishna Poonia ranks 997. Before her are Sergio Fernández, Jan-Michael Gambill, Yuki Inoue, Tycho, Yoshihiko Matsuoka, and Steven Bryce. After her are Kenji Miyazaki, Gian Simmen, Sylviane Félix, James Storm, Antonio Langella, and José Nunes.

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In India

Among people born in India, Krishna Poonia ranks 1,483 out of 1,861. Before her are Alok Sharma (1967), Rakul Preet Singh (1990), Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (1963), Neha Dhupia (1980), Hardik Pandya (1993), and Shilpa Shirodkar (1969). After her are Arundathi Nag (1956), Shubha Mudgal (1959), Vishal Bhardwaj (1965), Keerthy Suresh (1992), Kalpana Lajmi (1954), and Pooja Bedi (1970).

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Among ATHLETES In India

Among athletes born in India, Krishna Poonia ranks 20. Before her are Neeraj Chopra (1997), Kunjarani Devi (1968), Deepa Malik (1970), Mohammed Shahid (1960), Anju Bobby George (1977), and Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (1994). After her are Ravi Kumar Dahiya (1997), Gagan Narang (1983), Laxmirani Majhi (1989), Deepika Kumari (1994), Hima Das (2000), and Lalita Babar (1989).

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