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{{short description|Indian wrestler}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
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| name = Alka Tomar
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| birth_place = Sisoli village, [[Meerut district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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{{MedalSport|Women's [[Freestyle Wrestling]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Wrestling Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2006 World Wrestling Championships|2006 Guangzhou]] | [[2006 World Wrestling Championships#Women.27s freestyle|59 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Wrestling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Wrestling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's freestyle 59 kg|59 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Wrestling at the 2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]] | [[Wrestling at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's freestyle 55 kg|55 Kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Wrestling Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2003 Asian Wrestling Championships|2003 New Delhi]] | 59 kg}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2005 Asian Wrestling Championships|2005 Wuhan]] | 59 kg}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2009 Asian Wrestling Championships|2009 Pattaya]] | 59 kg}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2010 Asian Wrestling Championships|2010 New Delhi]] | 59 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Wrestling Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver| 2003 London<ref>{{cite web|title=2003 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships - London, Ontario, Canada ARTICLES & RESULTS|url=http://commonwealthwrestling.sharepoint.com/Pages/2003Championships.aspx|publisher=Commonwealth Amateur Wrestling Association (CAWA)|access-date=10 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023093647/http://commonwealthwrestling.sharepoint.com/Pages/2003Championships.aspx|archive-date=23 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | 55 kg}}
{{MedalGold| 2005 Cape Town<ref name="CWC 2005">{{cite news|title=Indian grapplers sweep gold in Commonwealth Championship |url=http://zeenews.india.com/home/indian-grapplers-sweep-gold-in-commonwealth-championship_226265.html |access-date=27 November 2016 |work=[[Zee News]] |date=2 July 2005 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161127134049/http://zeenews.india.com/home/indian-grapplers-sweep-gold-in-commonwealth-championship_226265.html |archive-date=27 November 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> | 59 kg}}
{{MedalGold| 2009 Jalander<ref name="CWC 2009">{{cite news|title=Indian women win three gold in Commonwealth Wrestling |url=http://zeenews.india.com/home/indian-women-win-three-gold-in-commonwealth-wrestling_588887.html |access-date=27 November 2016 |work=[[Zee News]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |date=19 December 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161127143308/http://zeenews.india.com/home/indian-women-win-three-gold-in-commonwealth-wrestling_588887.html |archive-date=27 November 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> | 59 kg}}
{{MedalGold| 2011 Melbourne<ref>{{cite web|title=RESULTS - 2011 Championships|url=http://commonwealthwrestling.sharepoint.com/Pages/2011ChampionshipResults.aspx|publisher=Commonwealth Amateur Wrestling Association (CAWA)|access-date=10 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313041201/http://commonwealthwrestling.sharepoint.com/Pages/2011ChampionshipResults.aspx|archive-date=13 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | 59 kg}}
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'''Alka Tomar''' is an Indian [[wrestler]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Alka Tomar clinches gold |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/07/stories/2008120756751600.htm |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=7 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210095208/http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/07/stories/2008120756751600.htm |archive-date=10 December 2008 |access-date=23 August 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> Coached by Jabbar Singh,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Wrestler-Alka-Tomar-Shines/articleshow/2090605.cms|title=Wrestler Alka Tomar Shines - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> she became the National Women Wrestling champion of India, and received the bronze medal in Wrestling (59 kg Freestyle) at the [[2006 Asian Games|Doha Asian Games]] in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2019/sep/15/trendsetter-once-now-grooming-champions-2033718.html|title=Alka Tomar: Trendsetter once, now grooming champions|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> Alka Tomar also received a bronze at the Senior Wrestling Championships in [[Guangzhou]] in [[China]] 2006.<ref>{{cite news|title=Now I am a celebrity in my village: wrestler Alka Tomar|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/now-i-am-a-celebrity-in-my-village-wrestler-alka-tomar/583719/0|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=24 February 2010|access-date=23 August 2012}}</ref>

She also won a [[Gold Medal]] at the Commonwealth Games 2010 in [[Delhi]] where she competed against [[Tonya Verbeek]] of [[Canada]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/commonwealth-games/alka-anita-deliver-gold-in-women-s-wrestling-58220 |title=Alka, Anita deliver gold in women's wrestling |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=8 October 2010 |access-date=20 November 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201001300/http://www.ndtv.com/article/commonwealth-games/alka-anita-deliver-gold-in-women-s-wrestling-58220 |archive-date=1 February 2011}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Alka was born to Nain Singh Tomar and Munni Devi .<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/now-i-am-a-celebrity-in-my-village-wrestler-alka-tomar/583719/|title=Now I am a celebrity in my village: wrestler Alka Tomar - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://archive.today/20130126202920/http://previous.jagrancityplus.com/genxdetail.aspx?cityid=2&articleid=8950&editionid=56&catgid=21 Alka Tomar in news]

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[[Category:Indian female sport wrestlers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in wrestling]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2002 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:World Wrestling Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian people]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Wrestling Championships medalists]]

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