Ravi Kumar Dahiya

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Ravi Kumar Dahiya
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Ravi Kumar Dahiya in August 2022
Personal information
Born (1997-12-12) 12 December 1997 (age 26)
Nahri, Haryana, India
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Sport Wrestling
Weight class
  • 57 kg
  • 65 kg
Event Freestyle
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games -1-
World Championships --1
Asian Championships 3--
Commonwealth Games 1--
World U23 Championships -1-
World Junior Championships -1-
Total431
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 57 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Nur-Sultan 57 kg
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham 57 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Istanbul 61 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 New Delhi 57 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Almaty 57 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Ulaanbaatar 57 kg
World U23 Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Bucharest 57 kg
World U20 Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Salvador 55 kg

Ravi Kumar Dahiya [1] [2] (born 12 December 1997), also known as Ravi Kumar [3] [4] or Ravi Dahiya, [5] [6] is an Indian freestyle wrestler who won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 57 kg category. Dahiya is also a bronze medallist from 2019 World Wrestling Championships and a three-time Asian champion. At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, he won the gold medal in the men's 57kg freestyle wrestling category. [5]

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Early life

Dahiya was born on 12 December 1997 in Nahri village, Sonipat district, Haryana. [7] Since age 10, Dahiya was trained by Satpal Singh at the Chhatrasal Stadium in Delhi. His father Rakesh Dahiya, a small farmer, would travel around 39 km every day from their village to Chhatrasal Stadium to deliver fresh milk and fruits, which were part of his wrestling diet, for more than a decade. [2] [6]

Career

Dahiya started wrestling in his early teens and won the silver medal in the 2015 Junior World Wrestling Championships at Salvador de Bahia in the 55 kg freestyle category. [8] He picked up an injury in 2017 which kept him out of action for more than a year. In his comeback year, he won the silver medal at the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship in Bucharest, India's only medal at the competition, in the 57 kg category. [3] Dahiya remained unbeaten at the 2019 Pro Wrestling League, representing the title winning team, Haryana Hammers. [9] [10]

He was tied fifth at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships in Xi'an, after losing the bronze medal match. [11]

In his World Championships debut in 2019, Dahiya defeated the European champion Arsen Harutyunyan in the round of 16, [12] and the 2017 world champion Yuki Takahashi in the quarterfinal, to earn one of the six available quota places for the 2020 Summer Olympics. He lost to defending champion and eventual gold medalist Zaur Uguev in the semifinal round. However, he managed to take the bronze after defeating Reza Atri of Iran. [13] On the back of his medal win, Dahiya was included in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports' Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) in October 2019. [14]

Dahiya won gold at the 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships in New Delhi and the 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships in Almaty. [1] [15]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Dahiya won his first two bouts on technical superiority. [16] In the semifinal, he pinned the Kazakh wrestler Nurislam Sanayev down in the final minute to win by fall, after trailing in the bout on points. [17] There were reports that Dahiya endured a bite from his opponent, Nurislam Sanayev in the semi-final match. [18] In the final, Dahiya had to settle for a silver as he was defeated 4–7 on points by ROC wrestler Zaur Uguev. [19] Dahiya became the second Indian wrestler to win an Olympic silver after Sushil Kumar. [20]

At the 2022 Yasar Dogu Tournament, he won the gold medal after defeating Uzbek Gulomjon Abdullaev 11–10 in the final. [21] [22] At the 2022 World Wrestling Championships, he lost to Uzbekistan's Gulomjon Abdullaev in the pre-quarterfinals. [23]

Awards and recognition

National award

Rewards

For winning the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics

International competition

Olympics

YearCompetitionVenueEventRankOpponent
2021 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo 57 kg Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Zaur Uguev  (RUS)

World Championship

YearCompetitionVenueEventRankOpponent
2019 2019 World Wrestling Championships Nur-Sultan 57 kg Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Iran.svg  Reza Atri  (IRI)
2022 2022 World Wrestling Championships Belgrade 57 kg 6thFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Gulomjon Abdullaev  (UZB)

U23 World Championship

YearCompetitionVenueEventRankopponent
2018 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championships Bucharest 57 kg Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Toshihiro Hasegawa  (JPN)

World Junior Championship

YearCompetitionVenueEventRankopponent
2015 2015 World Junior Wrestling Championships Salvador, Bahia 56 kg Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Mahir Amiraslanov  (AZE)

Commonwealth Games

YearCompetitionVenueEventRankOpponent
2022 2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham 57 kg Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Nigeria.svg  Ebikewenimo Welson  (NGR)

Asian Wrestling Championship

YearCompetitionVenueEventRankOpponent
2022 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships Ulanbaatar 57kg Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Rakhat Kalzhan  (KAZ)
2021 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships Almaty 57kgGold medal icon.svgFlag of Iran.svg  Alireza Sarlak  (IRI)
2020 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships New Delhi 57kgGold medal icon.svgFlag of Tajikistan.svg  Hikmatullo Vohidov  (TJK)
2019 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Xi'an 57kg5thFlag of North Korea.svg  Kang Kum-song  (PRK)

Record against opponents

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