Deepak Punia (wrestler)

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Naib Subedar
Deepak Punia
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1999-05-19) May 19, 1999 (age 22)
Chhara, Jhajjar district, Haryana, India[1]
Deepak Punia
Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Army
RankNaib Subedar - Naib Risaldar of the Indian Army.svg Naib Subedar
Sport
CountryIndia
SportFreestyle wrestling
Event(s)86 kg
Medal record
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Representing  India
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games - - -
World Championships - 1 -
World Junior Wrestling Championships 1 1 -
1 - -
Asian Championships - 1 2
Total 2 3 2
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nur-Sultan 86 kg
World Junior Wrestling Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Trnava 86 kg
Gold medal – first place 86 kg
Asian championship
Silver medal – second place 2021 Almaty 86 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Xi'an 86 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 New Delhi 86 kg
Gold medal – first place
Gold medal – first place

Naib Subedar Deepak Punia, is an Indian freestyle wrestler and Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in the Indian Army who won a silver medal at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in the freestyle 86 kg category and secured a place in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] He was born in the Jhajjar district of Haryana. In Tokyo Olympic 2020, he narrowly lost the bronze medal match to M.N. Amine of San Marino. At the Poland Open, Punia suffered a left-hand injury, resulting in him pulling out of the competition to avoid aggravating before the Tokyo Olympics.[3] At the Wrestling World Championships, Deepak settled for Silver after pulling out of 86 kg final due to injury where he was due to face Hassan Yazdani of Iran.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Kumar, Amit (28 August 2019). "I talk to Bajrang Punia when I need advice, says junior world champion Deepak Punia". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  2. ^ "World Championships: Deepak Punia 4th Indian wrestler to bag 2020 Olympics quota". India Today. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Olympic-bound wrestler Deepak Punia pulls out of Poland Open due to hand injury". India Today. June 8, 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  4. ^ Sen, Rohan (September 22, 2019). "World Championships: Injured Deepak Punia settles for silver after pulling out of 86kg final". India Today. Retrieved 2021-07-26.

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