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{{short description|Canadian freestyle wrestler}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| full_name = Amarveer Singh Dhesi
| nationality = Canadian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|09|02|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Surrey, British Columbia]], Canada
| height =
| weight = 125 kg
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[freestyle wrestling]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{CAN}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Birmingham]]|[[Wrestling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's freestyle 125 kg|125 kg]] }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Pan American Wrestling Championships|Pan American Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships|2022 Acapulco]]|125 kg }}
{{MedalSilver|[[2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships|2020 Ottawa]]|125 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Junior Wrestling Championships|Junior World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold|[[2014 Junior World Wrestling Championships|2014 Zagreb]]|120 kg }}
{{MedalSport|[[Collegiate wrestling|Collegiate Wrestling]]}}
{{MedalCountry|the [[Oregon State Beavers wrestling|Oregon State Beavers]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|2018 Cleveland]]|285 lb}}
}}

'''Amarveer Singh Dhesi''' (born September 2, 1995), commonly known as '''Amar Dhesi''', is a Canadian [[Freestyle wrestling|freestyle wrestler]], competing in the 125 kg weight class.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wrestling.ca/amar-dhesi/ |title=Amar Dhesi |website=wrestling.ca |publisher=Wrestling Canada Lutte |access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref>

==Wrestling career==
===Junior level===
In 2014, Dhesi won silver at the 2014 Junior World Championships in [[Zagreb]], Croatia, which was later upgraded to gold, after the winner tested positive for doping.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wrestling.ca/amar-dhesi-awarded-2014-junior-world-championships-gold-medal/ |title=Amar Dhesi Awarded 2014 Junior World Championships Gold Medal |website=wrestling.ca |publisher=Wrestling Canada Lutte |date=21 November 2014 |access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref>

After this tournament, Dhesi suffered three ACL tears in his knee in six years, limiting his ability to compete.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/amar-dhesi/ |title=Amar Dhesi |website=olympic.ca |publisher=[[Canadian Olympic Committee]] |access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref>

===Collegiate===
Dhesi competed [[Collegiate wrestling|collegiately]] for the [[Oregon State Beavers wrestling|Oregon State Beavers]], where he was a three-time [[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|NCAA Division I]] All-American in the 285-pound weight class.<ref>[https://nwhof.org/national-wrestling-hall-of-fame/champions-database?wrestler=13155 Omar Dhesi - All-Americans]. ''nwhof.org''. Retrieved July 23, 2023.</ref>

===Senior level===
In December 2019, Dhesi won the Canadian trials, which allowed him to represent Canada at the [[2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament]]. In March 2020, he finished in the top two at the tournament, which officially qualified him for the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in [[Tokyo]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Sowa |first=Jesse |date=2 May 2020 |title=Amar Dhesi realizes his family's dream in qualifying for the Olympics |url=https://www.gazettetimes.com/sports/beavers-sports/wrestling/amar-dhesi-realizes-his-familys-dream-in-qualifying-for-the-olympics/article_123dcfd7-11b2-5198-99af-ca952d9de1bb.html |work=[[Corvallis Gazette-Times]] |location=Corvallis, Oregon, United States |access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=15 March 2020 |title=Amar Dhesi of Surrey qualifies for first Olympics |url=https://voiceonline.com/amar-dhesi-of-surrey-qualifies-for-first-olympics/ |work=The Voice |location=Surrey, British Columbia Canada |access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref> Dhesi would also go onto win the [[Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/canadian-wrestler-amar-dhesi-wins-gold-rome-1.5939938 |title=Amar Dhesi secures gold as Canada's medal haul continues at Rome wrestling event |date=6 March 2021 |website=cbc.ca |publisher=[[CBC Sports]] |access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref>

In May 2021, Dhesi was officially named to [[Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Canada's 2020 Olympic team]].<ref name=wrestling>{{cite news |last=Nichols |first=Paula |title=Four wrestlers ready to go to the mat for Canada at Tokyo 2020 |url=https://olympic.ca/2021/05/19/four-wrestlers-ready-to-go-to-the-mat-for-canada-at-tokyo-2020/ |publisher=[[Canadian Olympic Committee]] |date=18 May 2021 |access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref> He competed in the [[Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 125 kg|men's 125 kg]] event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.<ref name="wrestling_results_book_summer_olympics_2020">{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=7 August 2021 |access-date=8 August 2021 |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]]}}</ref> Two months after the Olympics, he competed in the [[2021 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 125 kg|men's 125 kg]] event at the [[2021 World Wrestling Championships]] held in Oslo, Norway.<ref name="uww_results_book_world_wrestling_championships_2021">{{Cite web |title=2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf |archive-date=16 October 2021 |access-date=16 October 2021 |website=UWW.org |publisher=[[United World Wrestling]]}}</ref>

At the [[2022 Commonwealth Games]], Dhesi won the gold medal in the [[Wrestling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's freestyle 125 kg|125 kg]] event.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/commonwealthgames/commonwealth-games-roundup-day-8-august-5-1.6542247 |title=Canada's Mia Vallée, Amar Dhesi win gold medals at Commonwealth Games |date=5 August 2022 |website=cbc.ca/sports/ |publisher=[[CBC Sports]] |access-date=11 August 2022}}</ref> He competed in the [[2022 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 125 kg|125{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2022 World Wrestling Championships]] held in Belgrade, Serbia.<ref name="results_book_world_wrestling_championships_2022">{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IWD|DC0C968721A6458B9B808CDAB9E407BF|Amarveer Dhesi}}
* {{UWW|dhesi-amarveer|Amarveer Dhesi}}
* {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|45088|Amarveer Dhesi}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|amarveer-dhesi|Amarveer Dhesi}}
* {{Olympedia|name=Amar Dhesi}}
* {{COC profile|amar-dhesi|Amar Dhesi}}
* [https://wrestling.ca/amar-dhesi/ Amar Dhesi] at [[Wrestling Canada Lutte]]

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[[Category:1995 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Canadian male sport wrestlers]]
[[Category:Olympic wrestlers for Canada]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Surrey, British Columbia]]
[[Category:Canadian sportspeople of Indian descent]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian people]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games]]

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Harhsbhusari at 12:47, 10 August 2023