 Kumar in 2009 with his World Championship medal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 November 1981 Purkhas Village, Sonipat district, Haryana, India [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ramesh Kumar is an Indian wrestler, who the bronze medal in the Men's 74kg Freestyle Wrestling event at the 2009 Wrestling World Championship in Herning, Denmark. [7] [8]
He was born in Purkhas in Sonipat district of Haryana. [9]
While still in school, his maternal grandfather who was also a wrestler sent him to Capt. Chand Roop& Chotu Ram ’s Akhada , a school of Indian-style wrestling, pehlwani , at Azadpur, Delhi, in 1994. [9] In 1997, while still studying in ninth standard at the Jahangirpuri Government School, he won a gold medal, at the 11th World Cadet Wrestling Championships, after beating Russia's B Yusuf on points (6-3), in the 63-kg category. [10]
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, he won gold medal in 66 kg category. [11]
In 2005, at the 51st National Championship, he beat Sombir of Haryana, in the 74 kg freestyle to win the finals. [12] He represented India at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Men's Freestyle 66 kg category, though he missed 2008 Olympics due to back injury. [9] After 2004, he switched to 74 kg category. [13]
At the 2009 FILA Wrestling World Championships, he defeated Alexandr Burca of Moldova to win a bronze medal, which was India's first medal win at the championship, after Vishambhar Singh won a silver in 1967, 42 years ago. [7] [14]
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