Bajrang Punia Claims Gold at 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships
- The 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships was held in Xi’an, China from April 23 to April 28, 2019.
- India won 16 medals (1-6-9) to be placed at eighth position in the medal table which was topped by Iran with 17 (11-0-6) medals.
- Bajrang Punia claimed his Asian Championship crown by winning gold medal for India in the 65-kg men’s freestyle category by defeating Kazakhstan’s Sayatbek Okassov 12-7.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Iran |
11 | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 |  China |
5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 |  Japan |
4 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 |  Uzbekistan |
2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 |  Kazakhstan |
2 | 2 | 12 | 16 |
| 6 |  Kyrgyzstan |
2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 |  South Korea |
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 |  India |
1 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
| 9 |  North Korea |
1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 |  Mongolia |
0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Silver Medals Winners includes:
- Amit Kumar Dhankar (74 kg men’s freestyle category)
- Parveen Rana (79 kg men’s freestyle category)
- Vicky Chahar (92 kg men’s freestyle category)
- Gurpreet Singh (77 kg Men’s Greco-Roman category)
- Harpreet Singh (82 kg Men’s Greco-Roman category)
- Sunil Kumar (87 kg Men’s Greco-Roman category)
Bronze Medal winners
- Gyanender Dahiya (60kg men’s Greco-Roman category)
- Rahul Aware (61kg men’s freestyle category)
- Deepak Punia (86kg men’s freestyle category)
- Satyawart Kadian (97kg men’s freestyle category)
- Sumit Malik (125kg men’s freestyle category)
- Vinesh Phogat (53kg women’s freestyle category)
- Manju Kumari (59kg women’s freestyle category)
- Sakshi Malik (62kg women’s freestyle category)
- Divya Kakran (68kg women’s freestyle category)