Jaipur city girl wins a gold medal for Karate

Ms. Pooja Meena, a city resident of the Gautam Vihar colony in Vaishali Nagar locality has won a gold medal for the National Karate Championship organised by the Karate Association of India. The Karate Championship was held at the Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi.

Welcoming:

Ms. Meena was welcomed in Panchyawala by Mr. Hiranand Kataria and other nearby residents of the area.

Expected future championships:

Ms. Pooja is expected to play in the Kumite Asian Karate Championship which is scheduled to happen in the month of November, 2016 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Beaming parents and coach:

Her parents, Mr. Kishan Lal and mother Smt. Manhar Devi expressed their happiness over the victory of their daughter.

Her coach, Mr. Vivek Bhardwaj stated that after winning a gold medal in the junior category and has made the state proud.

Till date,nobody had won a gold medal in the junior category.

Pooja Meena’s profile:

• Pooja Meena has won 14 gold medals and 21 gold medals otherwise in the previous three years.
  
• Pooja never had an interest to learn karate until her graduation began.
  
• Her brother was a teacher for martial arts and guided her for self-defence training for herself when she entered her college.
  
• Slowly and gradually Pooja developed an inclination towards karate. Seeing her inclination develop towards karate, her coach further motivated her.
  
• Pooja has also excelled at other extra-curricular activities like dancing, article writing competition, mehendi making competition etc.

Idol figure:

Mary Kom, the five time world champion for boxing has been a motivational idol for Pooja. Success has motivated Pooja above anything and she has a deep desire to represent India as a country at the international level.

Excerpts from her coach:

‘Keeping in mind the self-defence sport and other activities, Pooja chose karate as a sport too. Slowly and gradually her talent grew. She began to work hard and started paying heed to every minute detail of the game. Being her coach, I am extremely proud of her and her victory at the national level. Now we are aiming for the Asian Championship.’ - expressed Mr. Vivek Bhardwaj (Coach).

A brief of the medals won by Ms. Pooja Meena in various championships over the years: