Anuj Chaudhary

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Anuj Chaudhary
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Personal information
Full nameAnuj Kumar Chaudhary
NationalityFlag of India.svg  India
Born (1980-08-05) 5 August 1980 (age 44)
Badheri Village, Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh [1]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Website anujchaudharyolympian.com
Sport
CountryIndia
Sport Wrestling
Style Freestyle
ClubGuru Hanuman Akhara
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Manchester 84 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Delhi 84 kg
Asian Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Wuhan 84 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Pattaya 84 kg

Anuj Kumar Chaudhary (born 5 August 1980) is a retired amateur Indian freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's light heavyweight category. He achieved top ten finishes in the 74-kg division at the Asian Games (2002 and 2006), scored two silver medals at the Commonwealth Games (2002 and 2010) and two bronze at the Asian Wrestling Championships, and also represented his nation India at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Before his sporting career ended in 2010, Chaudhary trained at Guru Hanuman Akhara. [2]

Chaudhary reached sporting headlines at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, where he claimed a silver medal in the 84-kg division, losing out to Canada's Nicholas Ugoalah by a tough 4–1 verdict. [3] [4] On that same year, he competed for the Indian wrestling team at the Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, but left the tournament empty-handed and injured.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Chaudhary qualified for his first Indian squad in the men's 84 kg class. Earlier in the process, he placed third and guaranteed a spot on the Indian wrestling team from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. [5] He lost two straight matches each to Iran's Majid Khodaei (1–5) and Japan's Hidekazu Yokoyama (5–11), leaving him on the bottom of the prelim pool and placing sixteenth in the final standings. [6] [7] [8]

Shortly after the Games, Chaudhary ended his medal drought by picking up a bronze at the 2005 Asian Wrestling Championships in Wuhan, China, and continued to repeat the same outcome in Pattaya, Thailand four years later. [9] He also sought his bid to compete for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but failed to attain the bid from the Olympic Tournament.

When India hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games in his native New Delhi, Chaudhary lost his final match to neighboring Pakistan's Muhammad Inam by a 4–3 decision, and received a silver medal with his home crowd inside Indira Gandhi Arena. [10] [11] Following another medal record, Chaudhary retired from competitive wrestling career to focus on his personal life.

Currently, he is serving as Deputy Superintendent (DSP) in UP Police. [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ Ghosh, Abantika (22 August 2008). "They search for gold in mud". The Times of India. No. New Delhi edition. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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  6. ↑ "Wrestling: Men's Freestyle 84kg". Athens 2004 . BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
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  12. ↑ शर्मा, संतोष; UPTAK (27 November 2024). "हम मरने के लिए भर्ती नहीं हुए…ये कहने वाले संभल के डिप्टी SP और अर्जुन अवॉर्डी अनुज चौधरी कौन हैं?". UPTAK (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 November 2024.


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