Sushil Kumar
Sushil Kumar (born May 6, 1983) is an Indian Freestyle wrestler. He won a gold medal in the 8 kg freestyle category at the 2010 World Championships. He is the only Indian to have won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
His 2006 Olympic medal was second in wrestling for India and first after Khasaba Dadasaheb Yadav's bronze medal in the 1952 Summer Olympics.In July 2009, he was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest honor for athletes. On 3 October 2010, Queen Baton handed over the Queen Baton to Prince Charles at the Queen Baton Relay for the opening ceremony of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Comilla. Sushil won a gold medal in the 64 kg division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Biography of Sushil Kumar
Sushil Kumar was born in 1983 in the village of Baprola National Capital District of Delhi . His father Divan Singh and cousin Sandeep were fond of wrestling, and under their influence Sushil Kumar also began to fight. From the age of 14, he began attending a wrestling school at the Chhatrasal stadium.
In 2003, Sushil Kumar won his first international awards: a bronze medal at the Asian Championship and a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games . At the 2004 Olympic Games, he was only 14th, but at the 2008 Games he won a bronze medal. In 2010 he became the world champion in Moscow.
He was the standard bearer of the Indian national team at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London and won a silver medal. The third-place Kazakh wrestler claimed that Sushil Kumar used prohibited techniques, however, the protest of the Kazakh side was not satisfied.
At the 2016 Olympics, he lost in the first round to a Mongolian wrestler. After completing his sports career, he tried to attract attention by statements of fraud in sports, in particular at the 2010 World Championships , held in Moscow (where he became the champion).
Sushil Kumar in Beijing Olympics
Sushil Kumar defeated Leonid Spiridonov of Kazakhstan . Sushil Kumar's' second medal for India at the Beijing Olympics after Abhinav Bindra won gold in shooting .
He lost to Andrei Stadnik of Ukraine in the first round of the 66 kg freestyle wrestling (score: 1-2,0-6). His medal hopes were dashed (allowing losers in the first rounds to compete for the bronze medal). He defeated Duff Schwab of the United States in the first round of the Repchage (score: 4-1,0-1,3-2). Repchaz defeated Albert Batyrovinet of Belarus in the second round (score: 1-0,0-4,7-0). Sushil Kumar then defeated Leonid Spiridonov in the bronze medal match to give India a second medal at the Beijing Olympics (score: 2-1,0-1,1-0).
Years later, India won two medals at the Olympics. India had earlier won two medals at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics . This is India's second medal in wrestling at the Olympics. KD won the 1952 Helsinki Olympics . Yadav won the first medal in freestyle bantamweight wrestling.
Sushil Kumar in London Olympics
Sushil competed in the 66 kg freestyle wrestling this time as well. Sushil defeated world champion and current Olympic champion Ramzan Sahin of Turkey (2-1) in the pre-quarterfinals and Uzbekistan's Ikhtior Navarrosov (3-1) in the quarterfinals.
Sushil qualified for his first Olympic final (3-1) by defeating Kazakhstan 's Akshurek Tanatarov in the semifinals. Beijing's bronze medalist Sushil is also the first Indian to reach the Olympic final. Sushil scored a total of nine technical points while Tanatarov scored six points.
In the final, she defeated Sushil (3-1) to win the silver medal against Asian Games champion Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu of Japan . However, he became the first Indian to win two individual Olympic medals and the first Indian wrestler to win silver at the Olympics. He also increased India's medal tally at the London Olympics to six (two silver and four bronze).
Sushil Kumar came to face the Japanese player in the final due to ill health. One of the foods he ate between matches made Sushil uncomfortable. Caught diarrhea and vomiting.
010, World Championship Wrestling, Moscow
In 2010, Sushil became the first Indian to win a world title in wrestling at the World Wrestling Championships. In the 6kg final, Russia defeated local favorite Alan Gogayev 3-1.
010, Commonwealth Games, New Delhi
On October 10, 2010, Sushil won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. He defeated Heinrich Burns 6-0 in the final in the 6kg freestyle wrestling category. In the second round, Kumar defeated Farmar Jarju 3-0 in 9 seconds in the semifinals to end the clash with the referee. In the quarterfinals, Kumar defeated Mohammad Salman 10-0 in 48 seconds.
014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow
In 2014, at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Sushil defeated Kamar Abbas in 74kg freestyle wrestling and won the gold medal. He won in just 106 seconds.
2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast
On April 12, 2016, Sushil won gold in the 64kg category, beating South Africa's Johannes Botha in the final in 60 seconds and setting a rare example of winning three gold medals in three consecutive Commonwealth Games.
Awards, rewards and recognition by Sushil kumar
- Arjuna Award, 2005
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award (joint), India's highest sporting honour.
- Padma Shri, 2011
- For the bronze medal at 2008 Beijing Olympics
- ₹5.5 million (US$77,000) cash award and promotion to Assistant Commercial Manager from chief ticketing inspector by Railway Ministry (his employer)
- ₹5 million (US$70,000) cash award from the Delhi Government.
- ₹2.5 million (US$35,000) award by the Haryana Government.
- ₹2.5 million (US$35,000) cash award by the Steel Ministry of India.
- ₹500,000 (US$7,000) cash award by R K Global.
- ₹1 million (US$14,000) cash award by the Maharashtra State Government.
- ₹1 million (US$14,000) cash award from MTNL.
- For the gold medal at 2010 World Wrestling Championships
- ₹1 million (US$14,000) cash award from Indian Railways (his employer) & out-of-turn promotion from his current position of Asst. Commercial Manager.
- ₹1 million (US$14,000) cash award from Sports Authority of India, (Government of India).
- ₹1 million (US$14,000) cash award from the Delhi Government
- For the silver medal at 2012 London Olympics
- ₹20 million (US$280,000) cash reward from the Delhi Government
- ₹15 million (US$210,000) cash reward from the Haryana Government
- ₹07.5 million (US$110,000) cash reward from the Indian Railway
- Land area in Sonipat for Wrestling academy by the Haryana Government.
- ₹1 million (US$14,000) cash award from ONGC.
International Competition
Summer Olympic
| Year | Competition | Venue | Event | Rank | opponent | Score | Repechage opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2012 Olympic Games | London | 66 kg | 2 | Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu | Loss | ||
| 2008 | 2008 Olympic Games | Beijing | 66 kg | 3 | Andriy Stadnik | Loss | Leonid Spiridonov | Win |
| 2004 | 2004 Olympic Games | Athens | 60 kg | 14th | Yandro Quintana | Loss |
World Championship
| Year | Competition | Venue | Event | Rank | opponent | Score | Repechase | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2019 World Wrestling Championships | Nur-sultan | 74 kg | 20th | Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyev | Loss | ||
| 2011 | 2011 World Wrestling Championships | Istanbul | 66 kg | 14th | Andriy Stadnik | Loss | ||
| 2010 | 2010 World Wrestling Championships | Moscow | 66 kg | 1 | Alan Gogaev | Win | ||
| 2009 | 2009 World Wrestling Championships | Herning | 66 kg | 5th | Rasul Dzhukayev | Loss | Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu | Loss |
| 2007 | 2007 World Wrestling Championships | Baku | 66 kg | 7th | Andriy Stadnik | Loss | ||
| 2006 | 2006 World Wrestling Championships | Guangzhou | 66 kg | 13th | Elman Asgarov | Loss | ||
| 2003 | 2003 World Wrestling Championships | New York City | 60 kg | 4th | Arif Abdullayev | Loss |
