Aman Sehrawat (born 16 July 2003) is an Indianfreestyle wrestler.[2] He is the youngest Indian to win an individual Olympic medal, having secured a bronze medal at the2024 Paris Olympics.[3][4]
Sehrawat was born on 16 July 2003 in thevillage ofBirohar,Haryana, where he initially took part inmud wrestling. Inspired bySushil Kumar's silver medal win in the2012 Summer Olympics, he enrolled at theChhatrasal Stadium inNorth Delhi at the age of 10.[5][6] He lost both of his parents at the age of 11. Following their deaths, Sehrawat and his younger sister, Puja, were taken in by their uncles. His uncle Sudhir revealed in an interview withHindustan Times that Sehrawat struggled with depression and anxiety after his mother's death.[7] At the Chhatrasal Stadium, he was trained by Lalit Kumar.[8]
In 2022, following his gold medal at the Under-23 Asian Championships, Sehrawat became the first-ever Indian to win a gold medal at theUnder-23 World Championships.[9]
Sehrawat won his first National Championship title in 2021. He used to train under coach Lalit Kumar.[5]
In January 2024, he won the gold medal in the men's 57kg event at theZagreb Open wrestling tournament, defeating all his opponents bytechnical superiority.[13]
In themen's 57 kg event at the 2024 Olympics, he defeatedVladimir Egorov andZelimkhan Abakarov via technical superiority, before losing to the top-seedRei Higuchi in the semifinal.[17] He won the bronze medal by defeatingDarian Cruz 13–5, becoming the youngest Indian to win an individual Olympic medal at 21 years and 24 days.[18][19]
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