President Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award to Punia in 2015
Personal information
Born
(1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 (age 30) Khudan, Jhajjar, Haryana, India
Height
1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight
65 kg (143 lb)
Spouse
Sangeeta Phogat
(m. 2020)
Sport
Country
India
Sport
Wrestling
Event
Freestyle
Coached by
Sujeet 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 Tokyo
65 kg
World Championships
2018 Budapest
65 kg
2013 Budapest
60 kg
2019 Nur-Sultan
65 kg
2022 Belgrade
65 kg
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta
65 kg
2014 Incheon
61 kg
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast
65 kg
2022 Birmingham
65 kg
2014 Glasgow
61 kg
Asian Championships
2017 New Delhi
65 kg
2019 Xi'an
65 kg
2014 Astana
61 kg
2020 New Delhi
65 kg
2021 Almaty
65 kg
2022 Ulanbator
65 kg
2013 New Delhi
60 kg
2018 Bishkek
65 kg
World U23 Championships
2017 Bydgoszcz
65kg
Commonwealth Championship
2017 Brakpan
65 kg
2016 Singapore[1]
65 kg
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
2017 Ashgabat
70 kg
Bolat Turlykhanov Cup
2022 Almaty
65 kg
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.[2] Punia is the only Indian wrestler to win 4 medals at the World Wrestling Championships.[3]
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.[4]
^"India dominates". The Hindu. 7 November 2016. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
^Sen, Rohan (7 August 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Wrestler Bajrang Punia beats Daulet Niyazbekov to win bronze, adds 6th medal in India's tally". India Today. Tokyo. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
^"WHO IS BAJRANG PUNIA". Business Standard India. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
^"Bajrang Punia writes to PM Modi, says he is returning Padma Shri in protest". The Hindu. PTI. 22 December 2023. Archived from the original on 22 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
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the year, Retherford competed at the Matteo Pellicone RS. He faced BajrangPunia, whom he lost a close decision (4-5) in the opening round. He went on...
set a new Asian record of 3:00.25. Aditi Ashok in women's golf and Deepak Punia in men's freestyle wrestling (86 kg) both placed fourth in final rankings...
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the Beat the Streets charity event against multiple World medalist BajrangPunia. He won the match on points (10–8). After winning the US Open championship...
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65 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but lost the first match to BajrangPunia. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 70 kg event at the 2022...
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