Poonam Khatri

Poonam Khatri is an Indian Wushu player, martial artist and athlete. She won a gold medal in invitational sports of Wushu at the 13th South Asian Games at Lalitpur in Nepal, in Women's Sanda 75 kg. Khatri won the gold medal at the 2019 World Wushu Championships in Shanghai, China in the Women's Sanda 75 kg category.

Early life She was born in Soldha village of Jhajjar district in Haryana, India. She took to sports in her childhood. In an interview with The Hindu's Sportstar magazine, Khatri said, "As a school kid, I used to play Kabaddi and Kho Kho." Poonam began practicing the martial art Wushu when she was 15 years old. where she is currently posted as an Assistant sub-inspector of police.

She won the silver medal at the 15th edition of World Wushu Championships (WWC) 2019 held at Minhang Gymnasium in Shanghai, China, but later it was upgraded to Gold Medal when Iran's Maryam Hashemi failed her dope test.

At the 2019 South Asian Games in Nepal, Khatri won a gold medal in the Wushu - 75 kg category. She is a 10-time National Champion and has also won medals at all-India police boxing tournaments.

Personal life Poonam is married to Manjeet Khatri, who works in the Indian Air Force. The couple has a baby girl named Paridhi.