Bajrang Punia was born on 26 February 1994 in India. He is a freestyle wrestler of Indian origin. Bajrang Punia wrestles in the 65 kg India region. Bajrang Punia won the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by defeating Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan by a margin of 8-0 and won the bronze medal for India. Bajrang Punia is the only Indian athlete to win 4 medals in the World Wrestling Championship for India. Bajrang Punia was awarded the Arjuna Award by Pranab Mukherjee in 2015.
Bajrang Punia And Vinesh Phogat Will Contest Elections From Haryana
Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat are going to contest the Haryana Assembly elections on behalf of Congress. Along with this, party sources said that both wrestlers, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat can contest the Haryana Assembly elections. Bajrang Punia is going to contest from Julana seat and Vinesh Phogat from the the Badli seat on behalf of Congress. The Congress Central Election Committee is going to approve their names on Wednesday or Thursday.
Personal Information Of Bajrang Punia
Bajrang Punia was born on 26 February 1994 in Khudan, Jhajjar, Haryana, India. Currently, he is 30 years old. His height is 5 feet 5 inches and his weight is 65 kg. His wife's name was Sangeeta Phogat.
Bajrang Punia started learning wrestling when he was only seven years old. Along with this, his father encouraged him to learn more.
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Bajrang Punia's Sports Career
2013 Asian Wrestling Championship
Bajrang Punia started his career with the 2013 Asian Wrestling Championship. In this, he lost to Hwang Ryong-hak of North Korea by a margin of 3-1 and won the bronze medal in the 60 kg competition.
2013 World Wrestling Championship
After the 2013 Asian Wrestling Championship, he also won the bronze medal in the 2013 World Wrestling Championship.
2014 Commonwealth Games
Bajrang Punia participated in the 2014 Commonwealth Games and won the silver medal.
2014 Asian Games
In the same year, in the 2014 Asian Games, he again won the silver medal. Along with this Silver medal in the 2014 Asian Wrestling Championship. He stood 5th in the 2015 World Wrestling Championship
In the 2017 Asian Wrestling Championship, he won the gold medal for the first time.
In the current 2024, Bajrang Punia was suspended by the selection board for the Olympic qualifiers for not providing a urine sample when asked during the trials.
Bajrang Punia's Total Assets
Bajrang Punia is one of the successful players of India. He is an Indian-origin wrestler whose ranking comes second in the world. If we talk about his total assets, then it cannot be said exactly but a correct estimate can be made. Talking about his total assets, his total assets are about $2 million which is Rs 15 crore in Indian currency, along with this he has additional assets in Punjab, Haryana and its surrounding areas.