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| Born | 8 February 1993 Haryana, India | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Rio Olympics. She is said to have been inspired to play hockey after watching India win the gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England.
She led the Indian girls' team to bronze medal at the 2011 Youth Asia Cup. She was part of the junior team that won 2013 World Cup bronze.
