Naib Subedar Deepak Punia, is an Indian freestyle wrestler and Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in the Indian Army who won a silver medal at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in the freestyle 86 kg category and secured a place in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1] He was born in the Jhajjar district of Haryana. He is the reigning Commonwealth champion in his weight category. He bagged a gold medal at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games after beating Pakistan's Muhammad Inam in the 86kg final bout.[2]
References
- ↑ World Championships: Deepak Punia 4th Indian wrestler to bag 2020 Olympics quota. India Today(20 September 2019). Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ↑ CWG 2022: Deepak Punia Wins Gold in Men's 86 Kg Category in Birmingham. News18_India(2022-08-05).