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Full name | Mandhir Singh Kooner | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
Born | Wolverhampton, England | 27 September 1995||||||||||||||
Height | 180.0 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 115 kg (254 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Weight class | 125 kg | ||||||||||||||
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Mandhir Singh Kooner [1] (born 27 September 1995) is an English international freestyle wrestler. He has represented England at the Commonwealth Games and won a bronze medal. [2]
In 2018, Kooner won a silver medal at the English Championships, beaten by Ben Pollin in the heavyweight category but gained revenge in 2022, when he won the Championships. [3] [4]
In 2022, he was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where he competed in the men's 125 kg category, winning the bronze medal. [2] [5]
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