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Jigsaw It is said that archery is the game of the forest dwellers. But even after living in Ara city, Pooja Kumari achieved a different position in archery due to her dedication. At the same time, even during pregnancy, Pooja is giving training to the budding young players of her district. This is the reason why many players of the district, including Pooja, have made their name famous at the national level, despite less resources.
Pooja Kumari received many medals in state level and national level competition. In the year 2018, Bihar was proud by winning a bronze medal in a national level competition. This was the first medal for Bihar which was achieved by a female player of Bihar after separation from Jharkhand. Along with this, Pooja Kumari has also been honored with Bihar Khel Samman in 2019. And Pooja Kumari got the first position in the 36th National Games. This game took place in Sanskar Dham of Gujarat. Pooja Kumari has played more than ten national games till now. At present, she is teaching the tricks of archery to budding players in the role of senior player and coach of Bhojpur Archery Academy. Pooja Kumari is coaching children at Veer Kunwar Singh Stadium in Ara city. Under the supervision of Pooja, many players of the district not only won the state level, but also brought laurels to the district and Bihar state in the national archery competition due to their talent.
During studies, took archery training on the advice of madam
Self resident of Babura of Badhara block. Pooja Kumari, daughter of Devendra Singh and Meenu Singh, holds an MA degree in History. Pooja Kumari told that during her studies, her Archana madam advised her to learn archery. Taking his advice and consent from her parents, Pooja approached archery coach Neeraj Kumar Singh. Under the supervision of Neeraj Singh, Pooja brought laurels to the state by participating in many national level competitions.
Won medals in many national and state level competitions
Pooja’s husband Neeraj told that she has a long list of success. In the year 2018, after the separation of Jharkhand from Bihar, he won a medal in the competition held at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha. At the same time, in the year 2022, got the first place in the Indian round in the National Games held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Apart from this, Pooja was successful in getting many awards by performing better in national and state level competition. Bihar Khel Samman was awarded in the year 2019 for better performance in sports.
Pooja is getting full support from in-laws too
Pooja told that she was married to Neeraj Singh in the year 20 June 2021. In the beginning, Pooja shoots the target with an arrow worth ten thousand rupees. However, to aim in the recurve round of the archery competition, a bow and arrow costing Rs 2.5-3 lakh is required. Pooja got a lot of support from her in-laws.
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