Bajrang Punia

Bajrang Punia (born 26 February 1994) is an Indian freestyle wrestler, who competes in the 65-kg weight category. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Punia won a bronze medal by defeating Kazakhstan's Daulet Niyazbekov with a 8–0 margin. Punia is the only Indian wrestler to win 4 medals at the World Wrestling Championships.

Bajrang Punia
President Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award to Punia in 2015
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1994-02-26) 26 February 1994
Khudan, Jhajjar, Haryana, India
Occupationwrestler
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
SpouseSangeeta Phogat (m. 2020)
Sport
CountryIndia
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
Coached bySujeet Maan
Medal record
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Representing  India
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games — — 1
World Championships — 1 3
Asian Games 1 1 —
Commonwealth Games 2 1 —
World U23 Wrestling Championships — 1 —
Asian Championships 2 4 2
Commonwealth Championships 2 — —
Total 7 8 6
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo65 kg
World Championships
2018 Budapest65 kg
2013 Budapest60 kg
2019 Nur-Sultan65 kg
2022 Belgrade65 kg
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta65 kg
2014 Incheon61 kg
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast 65 kg
2022 Birmingham 65 kg
2014 Glasgow 61 kg
Asian Championships
2017 New Delhi65 kg
2019 Xi'an65 kg
2014 Astana61 kg
2020 New Delhi65 kg
2021 Almaty65 kg
2022 Ulanbator 65 kg
2013 New Delhi60 kg
2018 Bishkek65 kg
World U23 Championships
2017 Bydgoszcz65kg
Commonwealth Championship
2017 Brakpan65 kg
2016 Singapore 65 kg
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
2017 Ashgabat 70 kg
Bolat Turlykhanov Cup
2022 Almaty65 kg

He is a recipient of Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award in India which he gave up as a protest after a close aide of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh was elected as Wrestling Federation of India chief.

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