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| Born | 18 October 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  India | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Nisha Dahiya is an Indian wrestler from village adiyana district panipat Haryana. [1] She is part of the Indian contingent at the 2024 Summer Olympics at Paris. [2] She is the fifth Indian wrestler to make to Paris. [3]
Dahiya qualified for the Paris Olympics at the World Olympic qualifiers at Istanbul in May 2024. She defeated Romania's Alexandra Anghel in the 68 kg semi-finals to book her Olympic berth. [2]
She competed at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships, winning the bronze medal in the women's freestyle 65 kg event. [4] She competed at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in the women's freestyle 68 kg event, losing in the bronze medal match. [5] She won a silver medal in the 2023 Asian Wrestling Championships. [6]
In November 2021 it was erroneously reported that Dahiya had been killed, after a different wrestler of the same name was shot. [7] [8] [9]
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Bajrang Punia is an Indian freestyle wrestler, who competes in the 65-kg weight category. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Punia won a bronze medal by defeating Kazakhstan's Daulet Niyazbekov with a 8–0 margin. Punia is the only Indian wrestler to win 4 medals at the World Wrestling Championships.
Vinesh Phogat is an Indian professional freestyle wrestler. She is a multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist, having won golds at the 2014, 2018, and 2022 Games. She became the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth and Asian Games after she won the gold medal in the 2018 Asian Games. She has also won two bronze medals at the World Wrestling Championships.She is the winner of Honorary Khap Gold Medal, which is one of a kind in the world.
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