Poonam Rani
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Poonam Rani (born 8 February 1993) is an Indian field hockey player from Hisar, Haryana who was selected to represent India at the 2016 Olympics.[1] She is said to have been inspired to play hockey after watching the India win the gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England.
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- ^ "Poonam Rani: 10 things to know about India's hockey veteran at the Rio Olympics 2016". Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
External links[]
- Poonam Rani at Olympedia
- Poonam Rani at the Commonwealth Games Federation
- Poonam Rani at the Commonwealth Games Federation
- "Australia and New Zealand will be tough challenge for India: Poonam". The Fans of Hockey. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- "Women hockey striker Poonam Rani completes 150 matches for India". Indian Sports News. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- Kumar, Nandini (30 March 2016). "Woman On! Outback to Olympics". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Indian female field hockey players
- 21st-century Indian women
- 21st-century Indian people
- Asian Games medalists in field hockey
- Asian Games bronze medalists for India
- Field hockey players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players from Haryana
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Olympic field hockey players of India
- Sportswomen from Haryana
- Indian field hockey biography stubs