Bishambar Singh
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| Born |
1 October 1940 Bahipur, Uttar Pradesh, India[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2004 (aged 63–64) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 156 cm (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Indian Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bishambar Singh (also Bishamber, 1 October 1940 – 2004) is a retired Indian bantamweight wrestler. In 1966 he won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games and a bronze at the Asian Games, both in freestyle wrestling. Next year he won a silver medal at the world championships, one of the few Indians to do so. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics in freestyle and Greco-Roman divisions with the best result of sixth place in freestyle in 1964. The same year he received the Arjuna Award.[2] He should not be confused with fellow wrestlers Bhim Singh and Bishwanath Singh who competed in the same period, but in heavyweight categories.[1][3][4]
References
- 1 2 Bishambar Singh. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Manish Tiwari. Wrestler Bishamber Singh. indianexpress.com
- ↑ Singh, Bishambar (IND). iat.uni-leipzig.de
- ↑ COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS – WRESTLING. gbrathletics.com
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