Vinesh Phogat

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Vinesh Phogat
Vinesh Phogat.jpg
Phogat in August 2022
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1994-08-25) 25 August 1994 (age 29)
Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, India [1]
Height159 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
CountryIndia
Sport Freestyle wrestling
Event48 kg/50 kg/53 kg
Coached by Mahavir Singh Phogat/Woller Akos
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1
Medal record
Women's Freestyle Wrestling
Representing Flag of India.svg India
Event1st2nd3rd
World Championships --2
Asian Games 1-1
Commonwealth Games 3--
Asian Championships 134
Total537
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Belgrade 53 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Nur-Sultan 53 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Jakarta 50 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Incheon 48 kg
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Glasgow 48 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast 50 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham 53 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Almaty 53 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Doha 48 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 New Delhi 55 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Bishkek 50 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 New Delhi 51 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Bangkok 53 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Xi'an 53 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 New Delhi 53 kg
Youth Wrestling Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Johannesburg [2] 51 kg
Updated on 20 August 2018.

Vinesh Phogat (born 25 August 1994) is an Indian wrestler. She became the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold at both the Commonwealth and Asian Games. [3] She is the only Indian woman wrestler to win multiple medals at the World Wrestling Championships. Phogat became the first Indian athlete to be nominated for the Laureus World Sports Awards in 2019. [4]

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Phogat comes from a successful family of wrestlers. Her cousins have been international wrestlers and Commonwealth Games medalists as well. She was one of the leaders of the 2023 Indian wrestlers' protest against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh which was held in two phases, one in January 2023 and the second in April 2023. [5]

Personal life and family

Vinesh is the daughter of wrestler Rajpal Phogat and cousin of wrestlers Geeta and Babita. [6] [7] Both her cousins have won a gold in the 55 kg category at the Commonwealth Games.

By allowing her cousins and her to pursue competitive wrestling, her father and uncle had to deal with immense pressure and opposition from the community in their village in Haryana. They were judged to be going against the morals and values of their community. [8] Her cousin, Ritu Phogat, is also an international level wrestler and won a gold medal at the 2016 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship.

On 13 December 2018, she married her long-time boyfriend and fellow wrestler Somvir Rathee of Bakhta Khera village of Jind district, [9] [10] who is a two-time gold medalist at the national championships. [11] The couple have known each other since 2011 and both work for the Indian Railways where they met and fell in love. [12] [11]

She suffered a career-threatening anterior cruciate ligament tear in her knees at the Rio Olympics. [13]

Career

In world championship 2019, she bagged her maiden world championship medal (a bronze). [14] She bagged a Gold at the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games in 2018 in the 50 kg category. [15] In the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series in Rome, the 26 year old defeated Canada's Diana Mary Helen Weicker 4–0 in the 53 kg final. [16]

2013 Asian Wrestling Championships

In 2013 Asian Wrestling Championships in New Delhi, India, Vinesh won the bronze medal in the women's freestyle 52 kg category, winning 3:0 in the bronze medal bout through the repechage round to Tho-Kaew Sriprapa of Thailand.[ citation needed ]

In the first round, Vinesh won 3:1 against Nanami Irie of Japan. She then lost 1:3 in the quarter-finals to Tatyana Amanzhol of Kazakhstan who qualified for the final thus qualifying the Indian grappler for the repechage round. [17]

2013 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships

In an exclusive tournament held in Johannesburg, South Africa, Vinesh finished second and won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 51 kg category, losing in the final round to Odunayo Adekuoroye of Nigeria. [18]

2014 Commonwealth Games

Vinesh represented India in the women's freestyle 48 kg category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and won the gold medal. [19]

In the quarter-finals, Vinesh faced Rosemary Nweke of Nigeria and beat her 5–0. Her semi-finals opponent was Jasmine Mian of Canada whom she beat 4–1. In the gold medal bout, she faced home favourite Yana Rattigan of England and won the gold medal, beating her 3–1. [20]

2014 Asian Games

At the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Vinesh won a bronze medal in the women's freestyle 48 kg category. [21]

In the Round of 16, Vinesh faced Yongmi Pak from the People's Republic of Korea and beat her 3–1. Her quarter-finals opponent was Dauletbike Yakhshimuratova of Uzbekistan whom she overcame easily with a 5–0 scoreline. She lost 1–3 in the semi-finals to Eri Tosaka of Japan but qualified for the bronze medal bout and beat Narangerel Eredenesukh of Mongolia to win 10-0 easily after the referee stopped the bout (classification points 4:0). [22]

2015–2017

At the 2015 Asian Championships in Doha, Phogat won the silver medal in her category after losing the final to Yuki Irie of Japan. [23] In the qualifying tournament for the 2016 Rio Olympics held in Istanbul, she won in the final round beating Polish wrestler Iwona Matkowska, and qualified for the Olympics in the process. [24]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Vinesh reached the Quarter Finals and lost to Sun Yanan of China owing to a knee injury.

2018 Gold Coast CommonWealth Games

Vinesh Phogat won the gold medal in women's 50 kg freestyle wrestling at 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.

2018 Asian Games

Vinesh Phogat won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games and became first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold at the Asian Games. [3] [25] Phogat beat Japan's Yuki Irie in the Women's 50 kg Freestyle Wrestling gold medal match 6–2.[ citation needed ]

2019 Asian Wrestling Championships

Vinesh won the bronze medal in 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships by defeating the World Championships bronze medallist Qianyu Pang of China. [26]

2019 Yasar Dogu International

Phogat won a gold medal at the 2019 Yasar Dogu International by defeating Ekaterina Poleshchuk of Russia. [27]

2019 Poland Open

Phogat bagged her third consecutive gold in the women's 53 kg category after winning the Poland Open wrestling tournament in Warsaw.[ citation needed ]

2019 World Wrestling Championships

Phogat bagged a maiden World Championship medal in the women's 53 kg category after pinning Maria Prevolaraki in the Bronze medal match. She became the first Indian wrestler to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics 2020 by virtue of her top six finish. [28]

2020 season

In January 2020, Phogat won gold in the Rome Ranking Series, defeating Luisa Elizabeth Valverde (4-0). [29]

2021

Phogat defeated the 2017 world champion Vanesa Kaladzinskaya to win the gold medal at the Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial tournament held in Kiev in February 2021. [30] Phogat won the gold medal at the 2021 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series event and reclaimed her world number one rank. [31]

Phogat won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2021 Poland Open. [32] [33]

2020 Tokyo Olympics and suspension

In August 2021, she competed in the women's 53 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she was defeated in the quarterfinals by Belarusian Vanesa Kaladzinskaya. [34] Soon after the Olympics, she was suspended by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) for indiscipline as she had refused to train with her Indian teammates at the Olympics Village and had not worn the official Indian kit at the Olympics. [35] Phogat issued an apology to the WFI, even as the WFI expressed its disapproval of private NGOs like JSW Sports and Olympic Gold Quest, which WFI believed were "spoiling" Indian wrestlers by the way they were handling and training them. [36] In November 2021, WFI prevented private NGOs from signing contracts with and training wrestlers without its approval, leading to Phogat losing her private contract with JSW Sports. [37]

2022

She won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England. [38] [39] She won one of the bronze medals in the 53 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. [40] [41]

She also won the BBC Indian Sportswoman Of The Year award for 2022. [42]

2024

She competed at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and she earned a quota place for India for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. [43]

Protest Against WFI Chief

Vinesh Phogat including thirty Indian wrestlers, Olympic medallists Sakshi Malik, Anshu Malik, and Bajrang Punia, among others, organised a protest in January 2023(2023 Indian wrestlers' protest) and demanded the dissolution of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) after it was alleged that its coaches and president, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, had been harassing female players sexually for years. The government's pledge to form an oversight committee to look into the claims caused the protests to be cancelled in January 2023. [44] [45] In April 2023, the protesting wrestlers returned to their rallies, claiming that the government was doing nothing. [46]

In a second phase of protest, which happened in April 2023, She said that after reporting Bhushan to Prime Minister Modi and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, she was "mentally harassed, tortured, and threatened to be killed." [47] [48]

Record against opponents

International Competition

Summer Olympic Games

YearCompetitionVenueEventRankOpponentResult
2020 2020 Summer Olympic Games Tokyo 53 kg 9thFlag of Belarus.svg  Vanesa Kaladzinskaya  (BLR)Loss-03=09F
2016 2016 Summer Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 48 kg 10thFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Yanan  (CHN)Loss-01r=02

World Championship

YearCompetitionVenueEventRankOpponentResult
2022 2022 World Wrestling Championships Belgrade 53kg Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Jonna Malmgren  (SWE)Win-08=00
2019 2019 World Wrestling Championships Nur-Sultan 53kg Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Greece.svg  Maria Prevolaraki  (GRE)Win-04=01
2017 2017 World Wrestling Championships Paris 48kg 10thFlag of the United States.svg  Victoria Anthony  (USA)Loss-04=06F
2015 2015 World Wrestling Championships Las Vegas 48kg 22ndFlag of North Korea.svg  Kim Hyon-gyong  (PRK)Loss-04=08
2013 2013 World Wrestling Championships Budapest 51kg 10thFlag of Senegal.svg  Isabelle Sambou  (SEN)Loss-03=06

Asian Games

YearCompetitionVenueEventRankOpponentResult
2018 2018 Asian Games Jakarta 50kg Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Yuki Irie  (JPN)Win-06=02
2014 2014 Asian Games Incheon 48kg Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Eri Tosaka  (JPN)Loss-04=06

Commonwealth Games

YearCompetitionVenueEventRankOpponentResult
2022 2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham 53kg Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Samantha Stewart  (CAN)Win-2=0 (VFA)
2018 2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast 50kg Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Jessica MacDonald  (CAN)Win-13=03
2014 2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow 48kg Gold medal icon.svgFlag of England.svg  Yana Rattigan  (ENG)Win-11=08

Asian Wrestling Championships

YearCompetitionVenueEventRankOpponentResult
2021 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships Almaty 53kg Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Meng Hsuan  (TPE)Win
2020 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships New Delhi 53kg Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Mayu Mukaida  (JPN)Loss
2019 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Xi'an 53kg Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Mayu Mukaida  (JPN)Loss
2018 2018 Asian Wrestling Championships Bishkek 50kg Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lei Chun  (CHN)Loss
2017 2017 Asian Wrestling Championships New Delhi 55kg Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Sae Nanjo  (JPN)Loss
2016 2016 Asian Wrestling Championships Bangkok 53kg Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Pang Qianyu  (CHN)Loss
2015 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships Doha 48kg Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Yuki Irie  (JPN)Loss
2013 2013 Asian Wrestling Championships New Delhi 51kg Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu Haiping  (CHN)Loss

Honors

See also

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