Amit Kumar Dhankar

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Amit Kumar Dhankar
Amit Dhankar (India) won Gold medal in 70Kg Men's wrestling, at the 12th South Asian Games-2016, in Guwahati on February 07, 2016.jpg
Dhankhar after winning Gold at the 2016 South Asian Games
Personal information
Nationality Indian
Born (1987-01-02) 2 January 1987 (age 37) [1]
Humayunpur, Haryana, India [2] [3]
Sport
Country India
Sport Freestyle wrestling
Medal record
Men's Wrestling
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Asian Wrestling Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 New Delhi 66 kg Freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Xi'an 74 kg Freestyle
Commonwealth Wrestling Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 London [4] [5] 66 kg Freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 London [6] [7] 66 kg GR
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Jalandhar [8] 66 kg Freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Melbourne [9] 66 kg Freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Johannesburg [10] 66 kg Freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Singapore [11] 70 kg Freestyle
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Guwahati [12] 70 kg Freestyle

Amit Kumar Dhankar (born 2 January 1987) is a freestyle wrestler from India. He became Asian wrestling champion in 2013, along with becoming Commonwealth wrestling champion twice. [13] [14] [15] He also won gold medal in the 2016 South Asian Games. [16] In 2015, he participated in the inaugural edition of the Pro Wrestling League, where his team won the title. [17] He is employed as an inspector in the Haryana Police. [18]

Owing to the presence of Yogeshwar Dutt in Dhankar's weight category, he could hardly get a chance to represent India in the events like Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, World Wrestling Championships, Olympic Qualifiers, etc. In 2014, Dhankar moved to the Delhi High Court after the Wrestling Federation of India shortlisted Yogeshwar Dutt for the 2014 Commonwealth Games without conducting trials, [19] but to no avail. [20] In 2015, at the trails for the World Wrestling Championships, Yogeshwar Dutt was able to defeat Dhankar to secure his place in the 65 kg category of the Freestyle. [21] In 2016, Yogeshwar again defeated Dhankar in the trials of the Asian Olympic qualifiers. [22]

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