Bajrang Punia made India proud many times with his brilliant performance, was fond of wrestling since childhood

Bajrang Punia, who has brought laurels to India in the field of wrestling, is a wrestler by profession. Bajrang Punia has won the bronze medal in wrestling at the Tokyo Olympics. He has achieved this position because of his brilliant performance. Till now Bajrang Punia has won many championship matches. Apart from this, he has also won the gold medal in the Asian Games. If you are also fond of wrestling, then this article is for you. Today, through this article, we are going to tell you some things related to the life of Bajrang Punia. Bajrang Punia is a freestyle wrestler from India.

Birth

Bajrang Punia was born in the Jat community on 26 February 1994 in Khudan village in Jhajjar, Haryana. He belongs to Jat family. Please tell that his father’s name is Balwan Singh Poonia. Bajrang Punia has inherited wrestling from his father. Because Bajrang Punia’s father Balwan Singh Punia is a wrestler by profession. For this reason, Bajrang Punia also got fond of wrestling and he made wrestling his profession. On the other hand, Bajrang Punia’s mother Om Pyari Punia is a homemaker. Bajrang Punia’s brother Harendra Punia is also a wrestler by profession.

education and wrestling

Bajrang Punia completed his early education from a school in Khudan village of Jhajjar, his birthplace. At the same time, after completing his elementary education, Bajrang Punia completed his graduation from Maharshi Dayanand University. Please tell that from the age of just 7, he had become fond of wrestling. After which Bajrang started playing wrestling from a young age. With the help of father Balwan Punia, he learned the initial tricks of wrestling and achieved heights in this field.

wrestling training

To make his mark in the field of wrestling, Bajrang Punia also joined a coaching. A coach named Yogeshwar Dutt initially taught him the tricks of wrestling. After which Bajrang joined a coaching class to learn international sporting talent. It was here that Bajrang learned the game of wrestling from coach Amjaria Bentiniti and made a mark for himself in the world. Bajrang participated in the Asian Wrestling Championship in the year 2013.

Marriage

Bajrang Punia married Sangeeta Phogat on 25 November 2020 at Balali village in Charkhi Dadri district of Haryana. Please tell that both Bajrang and Sangeeta met in a training camp. After friendship, both fell in love with each other. They got married after dating each other for a few days. You will be surprised to know that Sangeeta and Bajrang took eight rounds, not seven. Both had taken the eighth round under the resolution of save daughter and educate daughter.

medal

In the year 2013, Bajrang Punia won a bronze medal in the 60 kg category at the World Wrestling Championships, Budapest. After this, in the year 2014, Bajrang Punia created history in India by winning the gold medal in the 61 kg category in the National Board Games. At the same time, in the year 2017, received the Gold Medal in the Asian Games held in South Korea. In the year 2017, he made his mark in the whole world by winning the Gold Medal in the Asian Wrestling Championship held in Delhi. Let us tell you that Bajrang Punia had dedicated the gold to former Prime Minister of India late Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Bajrang Punia has won 3 branch medals, 4 silver medals and 5 gold medals in his career so far.

Tokyo Olympic career

In the year 2021, Bajrang Punia showed great performance from the beginning in the 65 kg category in the Tokyo Olympics. Bajrang Punia had also reached the semi-final round by qualifying in the Tokyo Olympic match. But they had to face defeat in the semi-finals. However, Bajrang made India proud by winning a bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics. Let us inform that apart from wrestling, he has also worked on the post of ticket collector.