India Finishes Third with 20 Medals at 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships

India Finishes Third with 20 Medals at 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships

• The 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships was held at the KD Jadhav Indoor Stadium, Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi from February 18 to February 23.
• China was not allowed to participate in the competition due to coronavirus outbreak.
• India won total 20 medals including 5 Gold, 6 Silver and 9 Bronze to be placed at third spot in the medal table.
• Japan stood first with 16 medals (8-4-4) while Iran was second with 17 medals (7-3-7).
• The Championship was held in three categories:
  1. Men’s freestyle
  2. Men’s Greco-Roman
  3. Women’s freestyle

List of Medals from India include:

Gold Medal

1. Ravi Kumar Dahiya- 57 kg – Men’s freestyle
2. Sunil Kumar- 87 kg – Men’s Greco-Roman
3. Pinki- 55 kg – Women’s freestyle
4. Sarita Mor – 59 kg- Women’s freestyle
5. Divya Kakran – 68 kg – Women’s freestyle

Silver Medal

1. Bajrang Punia- 65 kg- Men’s freestyle
2. Jitender Kumar- 74 kg- Men’s freestyle
3. Gourav Baliyan- 79 kg- Men’s freestyle
4. Satyawart Kadian- 97 kg- Men’s freestyle
5. Nirmala Devi- 50 kg- Women’s freestyle
6. Sakshi Malik- 65 kg- Women’s freestyle

Bronze Medal

1. Rahul Aware- 61 kg- Men’s freestyle
2. Deepak Punia- 86 kg- Men’s freestyle
3. Arjun Halakurki- 55 kg- Men’s Greco-Roman
4. Ashu- 67 kg- Men’s Greco-Roman
5. Aditya Kundu- 72 kg- Men’s Greco-Roman
6. Hardeep Singh- 97 kg- Men’s Greco-Roman
7. Vinesh Phogat – 53 kg- Women’s freestyle
8. Anshu Malik- 57 kg- Women’s freestyle
9. Gursharan Preet Kaur – 72 kg- Women’s freestyle