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Wrestlers in India
Wrestlers in India are popular from the British era and till in contemporary times, the wrestlers are popular among the masses of India.

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Wrestlers in IndiaWrestlers in India include Emile Czaja, Satender Dagar, Tiger Daula, Gobar Guha, Saurav Gurjar, The Great Khali, Mangla Rai, Milton Reid, Mahabali Shera, Dara Singh, Gama Singh, Sangram Singh, Tiger Jeet Singh, Tiger Joginder Singh and many others earned fame in regional, national and international games.

Rashid Mian Anwar
Rashid Mian Anwar was an Indian freestyle sport wrestler who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Harishchandra Madhavrao Birajdar
Harishchandra Madhavrao Birajdar was a wrestler and wrestling coach from India.

Udey Chand
Udey Chand is a retired Indian wrestler and wrestling coach who was the first individual world championship medal winner from independent India.

Palwinder Singh Cheema
Palwinder Singh Cheema is hailing from Patiala, Punjab. He is a retired amateur Indian freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men`s super heavyweight category.

Yogeshwar Dutt
Wrestlers in IndiaYogeshwar Dutt is an Indian freestyle wrestler. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the 60 kg category. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013.

Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav was an Indian wrestler of colonial era.

Mukesh Khatri
Mukesh Khatri is hailing from Madhya Pradesh. He is a retired amateur Indian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men`s featherweight category.

Ravinder Khatri
Ravinder Khatri is an Indian Greco-Roman wrestler who competes in the 85 kg category.

Anuj Kumar Chaudhary
Anuj Kumar Chaudhary is a retired amateur Indian freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men`s light heavyweight category.

Ramesh Kumar
Ramesh Kumar is an Indian wrestler, who won the bronze medal in the Men`s 74kg Freestyle Wrestling event at the 2009 Wrestling World Championship in Herning, Denmark.

Sudesh Kumar
Sudesh Kumar is an Indian former wrestler who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Amit Kumar Dahiya
Amit Kumar Dahiya is an Indian wrestler who represented India at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.

Sushil Kumar Solanki
Sushil Kumar Solanki is an Indian freestyle wrestler. Competing in the 66 kg weight division he won the 2010 world title, a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which made him the only Indian to win two individual Olympic medals.

Babita Kumari
Wrestlers in IndiaBabita Kumari is an Indian female wrestler, who won the gold medal in 2014 Commonwealth Games. She also won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal at the 2012 World Wrestling Championships,

Sujeet Maan
Sujeet Maan is hailing from New Delhi. He is a retired amateur Indian freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men`s middleweight category.

Sakshi Malik
Sakshi Malik is an Indian freestyle wrestler. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won the bronze medal in the 58 kg category, becoming the first Indian female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics and the fourth female Olympic medalist from the country. She is a part of the JSW Sports Excellence Program, along with fellow female wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Babita Kumari and Geeta Phogat.

Geeta Phogat
Geeta Phogat is a freestyle wrestler who won India`s first ever gold medal in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games in 2010.

Vinesh Phogat
Vinesh Phogat is an Indian wrestler who comes from a successful background of wrestling with her cousins Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari, both international wrestlers and Commonwealth Games medalists as well.

Narsingh Pancham Yadav
Narsingh Pancham Yadav is an Indian wrestler. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he won the gold medal in the men`s freestyle 74 kg category

Subhash Verma
Subhash Verma is a retired Indian wrestler born on 15th July 1968 at village Malakpur, Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh. Subhas Verma was trained at the Hanuman Akhara of Delhi.

Sandeep Tomar
Sandeep Tomar is hailing from Baghpat district in Uttar Pradesh. He is an Indian male wrestler who competes in the men`s freestyle 55 kg category.Wrestlers in India

Rajiv Tomar
Rajiv Tomar is an Indian wrestler. He represented India in the men`s freestyle 120 kg category at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but lost to Steve Mocco of United States in qualifications

Satpal Singh
Satpal Singh also known as Guru Satpal is a wrestling coach and former wrestler of India. He was a Gold Medalist in 1982 Asian Games and a Bronze medalist in 1974 Asian Games. Today he is better known as the coach of two time Olympic medal winner Sushil Kumar

Rajinder Singh
Rajinder Singh is an Indian former wrestler born in Baroda village in Sonepat district. He competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Kartar Singh
Kartar Singh is an Indian wrestler who won gold medals at the Asian Games in 1978 and 1986. He stood 7th at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men`s freestyle 100 kg Wrestling.

Hardeep Singh
Hardeep Singh is a male Greco-Roman wrestler from India. He became Commonwealth Champion in 2013 and finished as runner-up at the 2016 Asian Wrestling Championships.

Randhir Shindes
Randhir Shindes was an Indian wrestler. He competed in the freestyle featherweight event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.


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