PUNIA Seema

Date of Birth: 27 Jul 1983

Age: 40

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.74/5'9''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Discus Throw	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium	Women's Discus Throw Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Asian Games
1	Women's Discus Throw	2014	Incheon, KOR	61.03
3	Women's Discus Throw	2018	Indonesia	62.26
Olympic Games
Qualification	Women's Discus Throw	2020	Tokyo, JPN	60.57
Qualification	Women's Discus Throw	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	57.58
Qualification	Women's Discus Throw	2012	London, GBR	61.91
Qualification	Women's Discus Throw	2004	Athens, GRE	60.64
World Championships
Qualification	Women's Discus Throw	2009	Berlin, GER	59.85
Asian Championships
5	Women's Discus Throw	2013	Pune, IND	52.58
6	Women's Discus Throw	2017	Bhubaneswar, IND	54.11
South Asian Games
1	Women's Discus Throw	2004	Islamabad, PAK	57.03

Millennium Child (bestinbombay, 30 May 2016)

Previous names:

Listening to music. (Facebook profile, 14 Feb 2023)

Occupation:

Government College, Sonipat, IND

Languages spoken:

She was affected by a hip injury in the lead-up to the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. (outlookindia, 04 Aug 2022)

She sustained a foot injury in 2018. (newindianexpress, 02 Jul 2021)

She was affected by a recurring knee injury for around 10 years between 2008 and 2018. (scroll, 29 Aug 2018)

She struggled with a shoulder injury in 2017, but continued to compete in events. (scroll, 05 Mar 2018)

She missed the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, because of a back injury. (firstpost, 30 Sep 2014)

She took up athletics at age 11. (olympics, 06 Jul 2021)

She initially tried hurdles and long jump before her brother encouraged her to take up discus throw. (hindustantimes, 27 Mar 2018; Commonwealth Games, 2006)

To win a medal at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, and to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (outlookindia, 04 Aug 2022)

In 2022 she received the Arjuna Award from the government of India. (Instagram profile, 14 Feb 2023; President of India Twitter profile, 30 Nov 2022)

In 2006 she received the Bhim Award from the state government of Haryana, India. (daughterofindia, 29 Mar 2010)

Additional Information

General
CHANGING SHOE SIZE
Her shoe size changed as a result of a foot injury she sustained after the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. "Before the Asian Games, I used to wear [UK size] nine and my throwing shoes used to be eight or eight and a half, but after the injury I wear [size] 10 and my throwing shoes are nine, nine and a half or 10. I have to insert an arch [into the shoe] and that alters the size of the shoes. All my old shoes have gone to waste." (newindianexpress, 02 Jul 2021)

SANCTION
She tested positive for the prohibited substance pseudoephedrine at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Santiago, Chile, where she had won gold in discus. She was stripped of the gold medal and received a warning from the Amateur Athletic Federation of India [AAFI]. She also tested positive for the prohibited substance stanozolol ahead of the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. She was found innocent of any wrongdoing by the Athletics Federation of India [AFI] and was cleared to compete, but she chose to withdraw from the Games citing personal reasons. (hindustantimes, 27 Mar 2018; newindianexpress, 30 Sep 2014; thehindu, 02 Oct 2001; rediff男子棍术, 08 Dec 2006)

OCCUPATION
She has been employed by the Haryana Police in India. (Facebook profile, 14 Feb 2023)

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event