Pawan Kumar Saroha
Pawan Kumar Saroha (born 16 October 1993) is a wrestler of international repute. He belongs to Nangal Thakran village of north Delhi. He represented India at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 86 kg weight class in which he won the bronze medal. He also represented India at the 2014 Asian Games in the 86 kg weight class.
His spouse is fellow wrestler Geeta Phogat with whom he tied knot on 20 November 2016.[1]
2014 Commonwealth Games
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the young wrestler began his maiden CWG campaign in Glasgow, Scotland with a round of 16 matchup against Steve Hill of New Zealand, winning the match 4-0. Kumar met Luigi Bianco of Scotland in the quarter-finals and beat him 5-0. In the semi-finals, Kumar lost out to Tamerlan Tagziev of Canada with the burly Canadian beating him 5-0. There was still a chance of a medal with Kumar competing in the bronze medal match. He faced Muhammad Inam of Pakistan and ended the tightly contested match 6-6. But he was awarded the bronze medal in the particular category since he was the last one to score a point. 2014 Asian Games
The 2014 Asian Games, held in Incheon, South Korea, wasn't as rewarding for Kumar. In the round of 16, Kumar faced off against Sumir Kumar Sah of Nepal and won 4-0. Progressing to the quarter-finals stage, Kumar was up against Mostafajoukar Meisam of Iran but lost 0-4 to the Iranian. With the latter qualifying for the finals, Kumar was given a chance to compete in the repechage round where he met Zhang Feng of China but ultimately crashed out of the tournament, losing 1-3.
Records, achievements
- Won a Bronze medal in commonwealth games 2014(Glasgow Scotland)
- Won a Gold medal in commonwealth championship 2013 (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Won a Gold meal in Senior national championship 2013 (kolkata,india)
- Won a Bronze medal in Hariram grant Prix tournament 2012 (Delhi,India)
- Won a Rajeev Gandhi best wrestler award 2013 (delhi)
- Won a Gold medal in commonwealth championship 2011 (Melbourne,Australia)
- Won a Bronze medal in junior Asia championship 2011(Jakarta,Indonesia)
- Won a Gold medal in Saheed Bhagat Singh international tournament 2011(Jalandhar,India)
- Won a Gold medal in Junior national championship 2010 (Rohtak,India)
- Won a Gold medal in Junior national championship 2009 (Jammu,India)
- Won a Gold Medal in Senior national championship 2010 (Ranchi,India)
External Links
- http://starsunfolded.com/pawan-kumar/
- https://www.facebook.com/rajkijatvibhutiya/posts/1809327066005857:0
- http://todaysamachar.in/sports/geeta-phogat-to-marry-pawan-kumar
References
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