New Delhi: The heartbreak of Vinesh Phogat is echoing throughout India. The braveheart from Haryana reached the final of the women’s freestyle 50kg wrestling in the 2024 Paris Olympics, only to be disqualified as she was found to be overweight by the barest of margins. Not only that, all her matches in this Olympics were deemed null and void, shattering the dream of the braveheart from Haryana and also of the billions of people in the country. In this context, we take a look at the famous wrestlers who have come from Haryana.
10 famous wrestlers from Haryana
1. Sakshi Malik
The former freestyle wrestler won the Bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 58 kg category. She was the first female wrestler from India to win an Olympic medal. She was honoured with Padma Shri in 2017 and is one of the greatest wrestlers this country has ever seen.
2. Bajrang Punia
The freestyle wrestler competes in the 65-kg weight category and won the Bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by defeating Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan. Notably, he is the lone Indian wrestler to date who has bagged four medals at the World Wrestling Championships.
3. Sanjay Kumar
The former freestyle wrestler had won the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships twice and was the runner-up in the South Asian Games in 1989. Also, he represented India in both the junior and the senior World Wrestling Championships.
4. Vinesh Phogat
The former professional freestyle wrestler won the Gold medal in the Commonwealth Games in 2014, 2018, and 2022 and was also the first woman wrestler in our country to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth and Asian Games, following her Gold medal win in the 2018 Asian Games. Also, at the World Wrestling Championships, she won two Bronze medals and took part in the Olympics thrice.
5. Yogeshwar Dutt
The freestyle wrestler won the Bronze medal in the 60 kg category at the 2012 Summer Olympics and also won gold medals at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games.
6. Geeta Phogat
In 2010, the freestyle wrestler won India’s first-ever gold medal in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games and is also the first female wrestler from our country to have qualified for the Olympic Summer Games.
7. Babita Kumari
Babita Kumari Phogat won the Gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2014 and won the Silver medal at the tournament in 2018. Also, she has a Bronze medal at the World Wrestling Championships.
8. Priyanka Phogat
One of the famous Phogat sisters, the young wrestler won a silver medal at the 2016 Asian Wrestling Championships.
9. Amit Kumar Dahiya
The wrestler who represented India at the 2012 London Olympics was the youngest wrestler ever to represent India at the Games. Also, he was the youngest athlete in the 2012 Olympic delegation from India.
10. Sangram Singh
In 2012, the World Wrestling Professionals (WWP) gave him the title of World’s Best Professional Wrestler and won the WWP Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship in 2015. In 2016, he won the championship for the second time.
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