Ravinder Singh (wrestler)

Ravinder Singh
XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Men’s) Wrestling Greco Roman 60 Kg, Ravinder Singh of India, won the gold medal, at Indira Gandhi Stadium, in New Delhi on October 05, 2010
Personal information
Nationality Indian
Born 30 September 1982 (1982-09-30) (age 36)[1]
Kharman, Jhajjar district, Haryana, India)
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)[2]
Sport
Sport Greco-Roman wrestling

Ravinder Singh Sangwan (born 3 September 1982, in Kharman, Haryana, India) is a Greco-Roman wrestler.

Singh has won 15 national championships and gold medals in the 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he won a gold in the Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg wrestling category.[3][4][5][6][7] At the 2010 Asian Games he won a bronze medal in the same category. Singh also competed in the 2013 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary where he reached the quarter finals.

Ravinder Singh is employed as a deputy superintendent within the Haryana police force.[8] He received an Arjuna Award in 2011.

References

  1. 1 2 "Singh, Ravinder (IND)". United World Wrestling. Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. "Indian Greco-Roman wrestlers fail in Rio pursuit". Sport Star Live. Sportstarlive. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  3. 6 goldies in Asiad squad Deccan Chronicle 2010-10-20
  4. Six CWG gold medallists named in Asian Games wrestling squad – Hindustan Times
  5. The Hindu Railways honours Commonwealth Games medallists
  6. Wrestling control – Ahmedabad Mirror Archived 3 December 2012 at Archive.is
  7. Railways sportspersons bag 13 of 38 gold medals
  8. "Appointment of Sh. Ravinder Singh Sangwan as DSP in Haryana Police". Citizen Portal of Haryana Police. Haryana Police Department. Retrieved 13 May 2016.


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