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Deepak Punia, is an Indian freestyle wrestler supported by OGQ and Naib Subedar in the Indian Army. He won a silver medal at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in the freestyle 86 kg category, where Hassan Yazdani of Iran, a wrestler that Punia idolises, won the final by walkover.
Res.RecordOpponentScoreLoss50-32Evsem Shvelidze (GEO)3-4Win50-31Valentyn Babii (UKR)4-1Loss49-312-6Loss49-30Hassan Yazdani (IRI)0-14- Wrestling in Deepak Punia’s Blood
- From Akhadas to Mats
- Smooth Transition
Deepak Punia was born on May 19, 1999, in the Chhara town of Jhajjar district of Haryana, a place known for its famous local wrestling scene in the traditional muddy pits, called akhadas. For Deepak Punia, the sport was much closer to home as his father Subash - now a dairy farmer - used to be a local wrestler. When he was five, Deepak Punia was en...
During a school-level national meet, Deepak Punia was spotted by a coach at the Chhatrasal Stadium in New Delhi, the place famous for producing some of India’s finest wrestlers like Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt and Bajrang Punia. The teenager relocated to New Delhi but faced a major issue - he had not wrestled much on a synthetic mat, used in compe...
A month after winning the world junior championship, Deepak Punia was in focus again at the senior world championships in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan. The grappler made his way to the final of the 86kg category, where he would have had the chance to become only the second Indian wrestling world champion after his mentor Sushil Kumar. However, a shoulder...
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Aug 5, 2022 · India’s Deepak Punia won the gold medal in the men’s 86kg freestyle wrestling at the Commonwealth Games 2022. He beat Pakistan’s Muhammad Inam in the final. Get results.
- Utathya Nag
Deepak Punia has become just the fifth Indian in history to reach a final at the World Wrestling Championships. The 20-year-old enjoyed a dominant 8-2 win over Switzerland’s Stefan Reichmuth in the semi-finals of the 86kg freestyle category on Saturday in Nur-Sultan.
- Naveen Peter
Oct 8, 2023 · Indian wrestler Deepak Punia faced a formidable challenge in his final bout against Iran's Hassan Yazdanicharati, ultimately securing a well-deserved silver medal in wrestling men's freestyle 86kg at the Hangzhou Asian Games 2023.
Aug 3, 2022 · Deepak Punia struck gold in his maiden Commonwealth Games campaign as he reigned supreme in the men's 86kg freestyle category in Birmingham on Friday, defeating two-time CWG gold medallist and...
Oct 7, 2023 · Indian wrestler Deepak Punia set up a dream Asian Games final against his idol, the legendary Iranian Hasan Yazdani in the men's freestyle 86kg event, but three of his compatriots exited the Asian Games following early defeats here on Saturday.
