Amar Dhesi
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| Born | September 2, 1995 Surrey, British Columbia | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 125 kg (276 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Amar Dhesi (born September 2, 1995) is a Canadian freestyle wrestler, competing in the 125 kg weight class.[1]
Career[]
Junior[]
In 2014, Dhesi won silver at the 2014 Junior World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, which was later upgraded to gold, after the winner tested positive for doping.[2]
After this tournament, Dhesi suffered three ACL tears in his knee in six years, limiting his ability to compete.[3]
Senior[]
In December 2019, Dhesi won the Canadian trials, which allowed him to represent Canada at the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament. In March 2020, he finished in the top two at the tournament, which officially qualified him for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[4][5] Dhesi would also go onto win the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021.[6]
In May 2021, Dhesi was officially named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team.[7] He competed in the men's 125 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[8] Two months after the Olympics, he competed in the men's 125 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[9]
References[]
- ^ "Amar Dhesi". www.wrestling.ca. Wrestling Canada Lutte. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Amar Dhesi Awarded 2014 Junior World Championships Gold Medal". www.wrestling.ca. Wrestling Canada Lutte. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Amar Dhesi". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ Sowa, Jesse (2 May 2020). "Amar Dhesi realizes his family's dream in qualifying for the Olympics". Corvallis Gazette-Times. Corvallis, Oregon, United States. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Amar Dhesi of Surrey qualifies for first Olympics". The Voice. Surrey, British Columbia Canada. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Amar Dhesi secures gold as Canada's medal haul continues at Rome wrestling event". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (18 May 2021). "Four wrestlers ready to go to the mat for Canada at Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
External links[]
- Amarveer Dhesi at United World Wrestling
- Amarveer Dhesi at Olympedia
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