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He won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming the first person to win two Olympic medals for independent India. [17] Kumar was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2006 and a coveted Padma Shree by the Indian Government in 2011.
At the Beijing 2008 Games, Sushil Kumar joined India's list of Olympic medallists with his bronze in the 66kg category, the nation's first Olympic wrestling medal since Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav's bronze in 1952.
Jul 17, 2024 · Sushil Kumar has won two Olympic medals for India; Sushil is only Indian to win gold medal at World Wrestling Championship; Sushil's legacy came to a tragic end with involvement in murder
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Aug 11, 2020 · Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar won the silver medal in the 66kg freestyle category at the London 2012 Games to become the first Indian to win two Olympic medals.
In 2008, Sushil Kumar won a bronze medal for India at the Olympic Games in Beijing. In 2012, he won a silver medal during the Summer Olympics in London and became the first person to win two Olympic medals for Independent India.
Aug 9, 2024 · Four years after his bronze in Beijing, Sushil Kumar clinched a silver medal at London 2012, thus becoming the first Indian to win two individual Olympic medals. Till date, he is the only Indian with multiple medals in individual sports at the Summer Games.
Sushil Kumar is an Indian freestyle wrestler who became the first Indian to win back to back individual Olympic medals; he won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Coming from a modest background, he was inspired by his cousin and father to take up wrestling.
