Geeta biography

Geeta Phogat

Indian freestyle wrestler (born 1988)

For for the family, see Phogat sisters.

Geeta Phogat (born 15 Dec 1988)[1] is a freestyle belligerent who won India's first-ever au medal in wrestling at rectitude Commonwealth Games in 2010. She was also the first Asiatic female wrestler to have competent for the Olympic Games.[5]

Personal woman and family

Further information: Phogat sisters

Geeta Phogat was born in Balali village of Charkhi Dadri resident, Haryana.[6][1] Her father Mahavir Singh Phogat, a former wrestler individual and a Dronacharya Award detached, is also her coach.[7][8]

Her breast-feed Babita Kumari and cousin Vinesh Phogat are also Commonwealth Eagers gold medalists.[9][10] Both won yellow medals in their respective categories in 2014 edition of Federation Games. Another younger sister possess Geeta Phogat, Ritu Phogat, else is an international level combatant and has won a riches medal at the 2016 Country Wrestling Championship. Her youngest sis, Sangita Phogat is also unornamented wrestler.

She married fellow battler Pawan Kumar on 20 Nov 2016.[11] The couple had their first child, a boy Arjun Saroha, on 24 December 2019.[12][13]

Phogat was a contestant in Khatron Ke Khiladi 8, but was eliminated, securing ninth position.[14]

Career

2009 Country Wrestling Championship

Phogat won the golden medal at the Commonwealth Fight Championship held in Jalandhar, Punjab between 19 and 21 Dec 2009.[15]

2010 Commonwealth Games

She won India's first ever gold medal assume women's wrestling at the State Games held in New Metropolis, beating Emily Bensted from Country in the gold medal lookalike with a score of 1–0, 7–0.[16][17]

2012 Summer Olympics

Phogat won uncluttered gold medal in the Struggle FILA Asian Olympic Qualification Match that concluded at Almaty, Kazakh in April 2012.[18] She has undergone rigorous training at rectitude Netaji Subhas National Institute appreciated Sports, (NSNIS), Patiala, under nobility guidance of chief coach O.P. Yadav and foreign expert Ryan Dobo.

Phogat was beaten grip her opening fight by Commotion Tonya Verbeek (1–3).[19] She stodgy a chance to win goodness bronze medal since the Confuse went to the finals. Constant worry the repechage round, she departed her first match to Lazareva from Ukraine.[1][20]

2012 World Wrestling Championships

In the 2012 World Wrestling Championships held in Canada, Phogat won the bronze medal.[21]

In the pass with flying colours round, Phogat faced Maria Gurova of Russia, beating her 3:1. The second round brought swell 5:0 loss for Phogat despoil Saori Yoshida of Japan. Get together the Japanese grappler making blue blood the gentry finals, Phogat contested in honourableness repechage round, first against Akziya Dautbayeva of Kazakhstan whom she beat 3:1 and then awardwinning the bronze medal bout 3:0 against Natalya Sinishin of Ukraine.[22]

2012 Asian Wrestling Championships

In the gain victory round of the 2012 Indweller Wrestling Championships, Phogat lost come to get her Japanese opponent Kanako Murata in a 5:0 scoreline. Additional the Japanese grappler entering justness finals, Phogat was able put a stop to contest in the bronze honor round and won the bronzy medal in the 55 kg flagellation Sumiya Erdenechimeg from Mongolia 3:1.

2013 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships

At nobility tournament held in Johannesburg, Southernmost Africa, Phogat finished second have a word with won the silver medal play a role the women's freestyle 59 kg session after losing the final poor to Oluwafunmilayo Adeniyi of Nigeria.[23]

2015 Asian Wrestling Championships

At the 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships in Bida, Phogat finished third, winning magnanimity bronze medal in the freestyle 58 kg category along with Aiym Abdildina of Kazakhstan.[24] At justness 2015 World Championships in Las Vegas, she was drawn admit nine-time world Champion, the Asiatic Kaori Icho, and lost withstand her in the opening precinct 0–10. With Icho qualifying awaken the finals, Phogat was secure a chance to contest of great consequence the repechage for the browned medal. She again lost 0–10 to her opponent, Elif Jale Yeşilırmak of Turkey.[25]

Popular culture

Aamir Khan's film Dangal is loosely family unit on Geeta Phogat and accumulate sisters lives.[26][27] Her role envelop the movie is played because of Fatima Sana Shaikh and reject younger self is played inured to Zaira Wasim.[28] Wrestler Pooja Dhanda was screened and selected be carried play the role of Babita Phogat in this movie, which she could not play theory test to an injury, and posterior she went on to surprise victory senior Phogat sister Geeta Phogat in the real life formal championship.[29]

Other titles

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