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| name = Hardeep Tauo Toganwalia
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| caption = At Canada Kabaddi Cup 2012
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| fullname = Hardeep Singh Sra
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|6 April 1984}}
| birth_place = Village Toganwal, [[Kapurthala district]], Punjab
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'''Hardeep Tauo Toganwalia''' (born 6 April 1984) is a professional [[kabaddi]] player. He plays as a stopper in circle style kabaddi. He is {{height|ft=6|in=3}} tall and weighs {{convert|108|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}. He is known for his unique playing style, and affectionately known by the name "Tauo". Tauo stands for Father's elder brother in [[Haryanvi]]. Opponents gave him the nickname and he has it tattooed on the knuckles of his left fist.<ref>{{cite news|last=Selvaraj|first=Jonathan|title=www.indianexpress.com|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/desi-game-global-players/1042400/6|accessdate=9 December 2012|newspaper=Indian Express,page number 6,7|date=9 December 2012}}</ref>

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==Early life==
Tauo was born in [[village]] Toganwal, [[Kapurthala district]] ([[Punjab, India|Punjab]]). He was born in a [[Sikh]] family as '''Hardeep Singh Sra''' on 6 April 1984, son of Mohinder Singh Sra and Surinder Kaur Sra.<ref name="epaper.punjabijagran">{{cite news|last=Dhillon Mau Sahib|first=Harminder|title=http://epaper.punjabijagran.com/|url=http://epaper.punjabijagran.com/71309/Jalandhar/Jalandhar-Punjabi-jagran-News-28th-November-2012#page/10/2|accessdate=4 December 2012|newspaper=Punjabi Jagran|date=2012-11-28}}</ref>
He completed his schooling from —[http://www.onlinestudentinfo.in/CollegeDetails.do?college.ci.collegeName=MDSD%20SENIOR%20SECONDARY%20SCHOOL&college.ci.collegesInformationID=8567 M.D.S.D]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} senior secondary school, Kapurthala. Tauo won the best athlete award in [[Khalsa College, Amritsar|Khalsa College]], Sultanpur in 2003. While completing his graduation from DAV college, [[Amritsar]] he won a silver medal in [[judo]] in University competitions in 2004 . Gradually he started to steep towards Indian power sports like [[wrestling]] and [[kabaddi]]. Tauo mastered the technicality of these [[sports]] at his village Toganwal.<ref name="epaper.punjabijagran" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Sharma|first=Nisha|title=http://nawanzamana.in/nz/index.php|url=http://nawanzamana.in/nz/images/stories/pages/page-12-12-12-12.jpg|accessdate=14 December 2012|newspaper=Nawazamana|date=2012-12-12}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Kabaddi career==
Tauo started his career in kabaddi with Sher-E-Punjab Kabaddi Academy, [[California]] in 2005. Since then he has been representing internationally for many countries like Philippines, Germany, Poland, Norway, United States, Italy, Dubai and Canada. He is associated with kabaddi clubs like Azaad, International Punjabi Sports & Cultural Club, Lion's, Malton & Brampton in [[Canada]]. Tauo leads the Azaad Kabaddi Club as the Captain since year 2008, till date.<ref>{{cite web|last=live|first=kabaddi|title=www.livekabaddicup.com|url=http://www.livekabaddicup.com/watch-6th-kabaddi-world-cup-live-2015/|work=watched live here on Kabaddi World Cup|accessdate=8 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101063355/http://www.livekabaddicup.com/watch-6th-kabaddi-world-cup-live-2015/|archive-date=1 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
His performances has helped him to achieve the throne of captaincy (Canada team) for the [[2012 Kabaddi World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Bassi|first=Jett|title=www.livekabaddi.com|url=http://www.livekabaddi.com/hardeep-tauo-team-canada-captian-at-mothada-kalan-stadium/|work=talks about Mothada Kalan stadium|accessdate=6 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Dhillon Mau Sahib|first=Harminder|title=http://www.ajitjalandhar.com/|url=http://newspaper.ajitjalandhar.com/index.php?edid=30&dtid=20121129|accessdate=2 December 2012|newspaper=Ajit Jalandhar|date=2012-11-29}}</ref>
He is often seen promoting [[body building]] and kabaddi competitions locally and internationally and encouraging the youth of Punjab to stay away from [[drugs]] and advance towards sports.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bassi|first=Jett|title=www.kabadditoday.com|url=http://www.kabadditoday.com|work=Watched live on kabaddi today|accessdate=6 December 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further sources==
*{{cite web|last=Singh|first=Sukhdeep|title=www.kabaddi007.com|url=http://www.kabaddi007.com/index.php?page=interview|work=Interview before 2012 kabaddi world cup|publisher=Surinder Singh Sagoo|accessdate=4 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325200122/http://kabaddi007.com/index.php?page=interview|archive-date=25 March 2012|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite news|last=Dhillon Mau Sahib|first=Harminder|title=www.punjabtimes.co.uk|url=http://www.punjabtimes.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/pti.pdf|accessdate=6 December 2012|newspaper=Panjab Times,UK, page 49|date=6/12/2012}}

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[[Category:Indian kabaddi players]]
[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Kabaddi players from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:People from Kapurthala district]]

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