Deepak Punia (wrestler)

Naib Subedar Deepak Punia, is an Indian freestyle wrestler and Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in the Indian Army who won a silver medal at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in the freestyle 86 kg category and secured a place in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] He was born in the Jhajjar district of Haryana. In Tokyo Olympic 2020, he narrowly lost the bronze medal match to M.N. Amine of San Marino. At the Poland Open, Punia suffered a left-hand injury, resulting in him pulling out of the competition to avoid aggravating before the Tokyo Olympics.[3] At the Wrestling World Championships, Deepak settled for Silver after pulling out of 86 kg final due to injury where he was due to face Hassan Yazdani of Iran.[4]

Naib Subedar
Deepak Punia
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1999-05-19) May 19, 1999
Chhara, Jhajjar district, Haryana, India[1]
Deepak Punia
Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Army
Rank Naib Subedar
Sport
CountryIndia
SportFreestyle wrestling
Event(s)86 kg
Medal record
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Representing  India
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games - - -
World Championships - 1 -
World Junior Wrestling Championships 1 1 -
World Cadet Championships 1 - -
Asian Championships - 1 2
Total 2 3 2
World Championships
2019 Nur-Sultan86 kg
World Junior Wrestling Championships
2018 Trnava86 kg
2019 Tallinn86 kg
Asian championship
2022 Ulaanbaatar 86 kg
2021 Almaty86 kg
2019 Xi'an86 kg
2020 New Delhi86 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
2022 Istanbul92 kg
World Cadet Championships
2016 Tbilisi85 kg
Asian Junior Championship
2018 New Delhi86 kg

References
  1. Kumar, Amit (28 August 2019). "I talk to Bajrang Punia when I need advice, says junior world champion Deepak Punia". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  2. "World Championships: Deepak Punia 4th Indian wrestler to bag 2020 Olympics quota". India Today. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  3. "Olympic-bound wrestler Deepak Punia pulls out of Poland Open due to hand injury". India Today. June 8, 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  4. Sen, Rohan (September 22, 2019). "World Championships: Injured Deepak Punia settles for silver after pulling out of 86kg final". India Today. Retrieved 2021-07-26.


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