Indian freestyle wrestler
Ravi Kumar Dahiya
Personal information Born (1997-12-12 ) 12 December 1997 (age 28) Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) Sport Country India Sport Wrestling Weight class Event
Freestyle
Ravi Kumar Dahiya [ 1] [ 2] Ravi Kumar [ 3] [ 4] Ravi Dahiya ,[ 5] [ 6] freestyle wrestler who won a silver medal at the2020 Tokyo Olympics in the57 kg category. Dahiya is also a bronze medallist from2019 World Wrestling Championships and a three-timeAsian champion . At the2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, he won the gold medal in the men's 57kg freestyle wrestling category.[ 5]
Dahiya was born on 12 December 1997 inNahri village,Sonipat district ,Haryana .[ 7] Satpal Singh at theChhatrasal Stadium inDelhi . His father Rakesh Dahiya, a small farmer, would travel around 39 km every day from their village to Chhatrasal Stadium to deliver fresh milk and fruits, which were part of his wrestling diet, for more than a decade.[ 2] [ 6]
Dahiya started wrestling in his early teens and won the silver medal in the 2015 Junior World Wrestling Championships atSalvador de Bahia in the 55 kg freestyle category.[ 8] 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship inBucharest , India's only medal at the competition, in the 57 kg category.[ 3] Pro Wrestling League , representing the title winning team, Haryana Hammers.[ 9] [ 10]
He was tied fifth at the2019 Asian Wrestling Championships inXi'an , after losing the bronze medal match.[ 11]
In hisWorld Championships debut in 2019, Dahiya defeated the European championArsen Harutyunyan in the round of 16,[ 12] Yuki Takahashi in the quarterfinal, to earn one of the six availablequota places for the2020 Summer Olympics . He lost to defending champion and eventual gold medalistZaur Uguev in the semifinal round. However, he managed to take the bronze after defeatingReza Atri of Iran.[ 13] Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports 'Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) in October 2019.[ 14]
Dahiya won gold at the2020 Asian Wrestling Championships in New Delhi and the2021 Asian Wrestling Championships in Almaty.[ 1] [ 15]
At the2020 Summer Olympics , Dahiya won his first two bouts ontechnical superiority .[ 16] pinned the Kazakh wrestlerNurislam Sanayev down in the final minute to win by fall, after trailing in the bout on points.[ 17] [ 18] ROC wrestlerZaur Uguev .[ 19] Sushil Kumar .[ 20]
At the2022 Yasar Dogu Tournament , he won the gold medal after defeating UzbekGulomjon Abdullaev 11–10 in the final.[ 21] [ 22] 2022 World Wrestling Championships , he lost to Uzbekistan'sGulomjon Abdullaev in the pre-quarterfinals.[ 23]
Awards and recognition [ edit ] For winning the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics
International competition [ edit ] U23 World Championship [ edit ] World Junior Championship [ edit ] Asian Wrestling Championship [ edit ] Record against opponents [ edit ] ^a b Roy, Avishek; Singh, Navneet (22 February 2020)."Asian Wrestling Championships: Ravi Kumar Dahiya wins gold, Bajrang Punia loses in final" .Hindustan Times Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved22 February 2020 . ^a b "Ravi Kumar Dahiya: Latest on the list of India's wrestling sensations" .Olympic Channel . 24 September 2019. Archived fromthe original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved22 February 2020 .^a b "Ravi Kumar's passion bears fruit in impressive Worlds debut" .ESPN.in . 21 September 2019.Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved21 September 2019 .^ "RAVI Kumar" .Tokyo 2020 Olympics .Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . Archived fromthe original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved5 August 2021 .^a b "CWG 2022: Ravi Dahiya Wins Gold Medal In 57 Kg Wrestling; Decimates Opponent 10-0 In Final" .The Times of India Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved9 August 2022 .^a b "World Wrestling Championships 2019: 'My real journey has just begun', says bronze medallist Ravi Dahiya after booking ticket to Tokyo" .Firstpost . 20 September 2019.Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved21 September 2019 .^ "Nahri rejoices as local boy Ravi Dahiya fulfils Olympic destiny" .Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved27 October 2022 .^ "Junior World Championships" .unitedworldwrestling.org .United World Wrestling .Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved22 February 2020 .^ Siwach, Vinay (27 July 2019)."Wrestling: Deepak and Ravi continue Chhatarsaal stadium's tradition of winning medals for India" .Scroll.in Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved6 March 2020 . ^ Sarangi, Y. B. (26 July 2019)."Easy day for Bajrang, Ravi Dahiya excels in Worlds trials" .Sportstar .Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved6 March 2020 . ^ "Asian Championships" .unitedworldwrestling.org .United World Wrestling .Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved22 February 2020 .^ Sarangi, Y. B. (21 September 2019)."Sushil's presence helped: Ravi Dahiya" .The Hindu Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved22 February 2020 . ^ "Wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya follows Bajrang Punia's footsteps, wins bronze in World Championship debut" .Hindustan Times Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved21 September 2019 .^ "Wrestler Ravi Dahiya included in TOPS, Sakshi Malik dropped" .The Times of India Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved23 February 2020 .^ "Asian Wrestling C'ships: Ravi Dahiya bags gold" .Hindustan Times Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved5 August 2021 .^ "Tokyo 2020: Ravi Dahiya, Deepak Punia storm into Olympic semis, get closer to medal rounds" .Hindustan Times Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved5 August 2021 .^ "Tokyo Olympics: Ravi Kumar Dahiya ensures at least a silver medal for India; enters men's freestyle 57kg wrestling final" .Hindustan Times Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved5 August 2021 .^ "Ravi Dahiya endures bite by Nurislam Sanayev but is fine, says support staff" . 4 August 2021.Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved5 August 2021 .^ "Ravi Kumar Dahiya wins silver medal for India in men's 57kg freestyle wrestling" .Hindustan Times Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved5 August 2021 .^ "Tokyo Olympics: Wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya bags 2nd silver medal for India after Mirabai Chanu" .India Today Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved5 August 2021 .^ "Wrestling: Ravi Dahiya wins gold at Yasar Dogu; India finishes with 4 medals" .Archived from the original on 24 February 2023. Retrieved7 March 2022 .^ "Yasar Dogu wrestling: India's Ravi Kumar Dahiya wins gold" .Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved28 February 2022 .^ "Wrestling World Championships: Olympic Medallist Ravi Dahiya Out Of Medal Contention" .NDTV . 16 September 2022.Archived from the original on 16 September 2022. Retrieved18 September 2022 .^ "National Sports Awards 2021: Neeraj Chopra, Lovlina Borgohain, Mithali Raj Among 9 Others to Get Khel Ratna" .News18 . 2 November 2021.Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved2 November 2021 .^ Sharma, Nitin (12 July 2021)."Rs 6 crore or Rs 25 lakh for Olympics gold? Home state key to cash prize and 'A' Grade Job in Haryana Government" .Indian Express Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved24 July 2021 . ^ Basu, Hindol (23 July 2021)."Tokyo Olympics: Indians to get highest cash award for winning medals" .The Times of India Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved5 August 2021 . ^ "Raining rewards for Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra! Haryana, Punjab, BCCI announce cash awards for star javelin thrower" .Financial Express . 7 August 2021.Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved7 August 2021 .^ "Tokyo Olympics: Coaches of gold winners to get ₹12.5 lakh from IOA, Chanu coach to get ₹10 lakh" .Hindustan Times Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved7 August 2021 .
1991–2000 2001–2010 2011–2020 2021–2030 Avani Lekhara ,Neeraj Chopra ,Ravi Kumar Dahiya ,Lovlina Borgohain ,P. R. Sreejesh ,Sumit Antil ,Pramod Bhagat ,Krishna Nagar ,Manish Narwal ,Mithali Raj ,Sunil Chhetri andManpreet Singh (2021) Sharath Kamal (2022) Chirag Shetty andSatwiksairaj Rankireddy (2023) Gukesh Dommaraju ,Manu Bhaker ,Harmanpreet Singh , andPraveen Kumar (2024)
Gold medalists Silver medalists Bronze medalists
India
Zaur Uguev (RUS)
Reza Atri (IRI)
Gulomjon Abdullaev (UZB)
Toshihiro Hasegawa (JPN)
Mahir Amiraslanov (AZE)
Ebikewenimo Welson (NGR)
Rakhat Kalzhan (KAZ)
Hikmatullo Vohidov (TJK)
Kang Kum-song (PRK)
