The 30-member Indian contingent participated at the 35th Edition of Asian Wrestling Championships 2022 held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 19 April 2022 to 24 April 2022. In which Indian wrestlers secured a total of 17 medals, that includes (1-Gold, 5-Silver, 11-Bronze medals).Â
Gold Medalist:
Ravi Kumar Dahiya is the only Gold medalist representing India, in the men’s 57kg freestyle category, beating Kazakhstan’s Rakhat Kalzhan on technical superiority.Â
- Ravi Kumar became the first Indian to win 3 Gold medals in Asian Wrestling Championships which includes 2020 in New Delhi, India,2021 in Almaty, Kazakhstan and 2022 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia respectively.
- He has also won a Gold medal at Yasar Dogu tournament, Istanbul, Turkey and a Silver at the Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov tournaments, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, earlier in 2022.
- He has also won a Silver medal in Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Additional Info:
India clinched 14 medals including 5 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2021 at Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Asian Wrestling Championships 2022
The Asian Wrestling Championships 2022 consists of 3 categories –Â
- Men’s Greco Roman
- Men’s freestyle
- Women’s freestyle
Indian Medalists At Asian Wrestling Championships 2022:
| Category | Name | Medals |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Greco Roman | Sunil Kumar (87kg) | bronze |
| Arjun Halakurki (55kg) | bronze | |
| Neeraj (63kg) | bronze | |
| Harpreet Singh (82kg) | bronze | |
| Sachin Sahrawat (67kg) | bronze | |
| Women’s freestyle | Anshu Malik (57kg) | silver |
| Radhika (65kg) | silver | |
| Sushma Shokeen (55kg) | bronze | |
| Sarita Mor (59kg) | bronze | |
| Manisha (62kg) | bronze | |
| Men’s freestyle | Ravi Kumar Dahiya (57kg) | gold |
| Bajrang Punia (65kg) | silver | |
| Gourav Baliyan (79kg) | silver | |
| Deepak Punia (86kg) | silver | |
| Naveen (70kg) | bronze | |
| Satywart Kadian (97kg) | bronze | |
| Viky (92kg) | bronze |
2022 Asian Wrestling Championships Medals Table:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 10 | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 2 | Iran | 10 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 8 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | India | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 |
