Rio Olympics : Know your olympics contingents (Wrestling)

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The 2016 Olympics, which will be held in Rio di Janeiro, Brzail from August 5 to 20, will see a big Indian wrestling contingent take part in it.For India at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, shooting remains the top medal prospect. A total of 12 shooters have qualified this time around.Not too far behind is wrestling with eight grapplers in the fray and equal chance of bagging a medal.

Not too far behind is wrestling with eight grapplers in the fray and equal chance of bagging a medal.

  8 WRESTLING CONTINGENTS IN RIO OLYMPICS

1. Yogeswar Dutt
    Competition : Men 98kg Freestyle 

Yogeshwar Dutt born November 2, 1982.He won the bronze medal in the 2012 Summer time Olympic games within the Men’s 60kg Freestyle wrestling. He was honored the Padma Shri through the Government Asia in 2013.Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt won a bronze medal in 60 kg freestyle category in the third Olympic appearance at London.With his super performance in last olympics he has took the expextation of a medal up to a new 

height this time again.


2. Narsingh Pancham Yadav
    Competition : Men 74kg Freestyle 

Narsingh Pancham Yadav born November 2, 1982.The wrestler secured the quota place for India at the 2015 World Championship in Las Vegas after winning a bronze medal in 74kg.At the Olympics in London, Narsingh Yadav lost his opening bout against Matt Gentry of Canada in the 74 kg freestyle event and was knocked out of the tournament.

 



3. Hardeep Singh
    Competition : Men 98kg Greco-Roman

Hardeep Singh (born 20 December 1990) is a male Greco-Roman wrestler from India.Hardeep stuns every one with qualifying for rio olympics 2016. the last time India had a Greco-Roman wrestler at the Olympics was at the 2004 Athens Olympics, where Mukesh Khatri fought in the 55kg category

4. Sandeep Tomar
     Competition : men's freestyle 55 kg

Sandeep Tomar (born in 1992) is an Indian male wrestler who competes in the men's freestyle 55 kg category.he had won the gold medal at the Asian Championships.








5. Ravinder Khatri
Competition : Men 85kg Greco-Roman

Second Indian in more than 10 years to qualify for the Greco-Roman wrestling category at the Rio Olympics 2016.

 






 6. Sakshi Mallik
     Female 58kg freestyle  

Sakshi Malik (born 3 September 1992) is an Indian wrestler.In Istanbul, Sakshi lost her final bout to 2014 World Championships silver medallist Valeria Koblova Zholobova of Russia.Vinesh ensured herself the Rio berth and a silver after winning the semi-final bout against Evin Demirhan from Turkey.

 


7. Babita Kumari
    competition : Female 53kg freestyle 

 Babita Kumari (born November 20, 1989) is an Indian female wrestler. won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. She also won a bronze medal at the 2012 World Wrestling Championships.Babita made her way to the olympics due to Mongolia’s Sumiyaa Erdenechimegiin — who had beaten her to book an Olympic quota at the Asian Olympic qualifier, had failed a drug test.

 

8. Vinesh Phogat
Competition : Female 48kg Freestyle

 Vinesh Phogat (born 25 August 1994) is an Indian wrestler.Vinesh ensured herself the Rio berth and a silver after winning the semi-final bout against Evin Demirhan from Turkey at the second Olympic qualifier