Advertisement
trendingPhotosenglish2381835https://zeenews.india.com/photos/sports/in-pics-indian-wrestlers-who-have-won-medals-at-olympics-2381835
photoDetails

In Pics: Indian wrestlers who have won medals at Olympics

Indian wrester Ravi Kumar Dahiya put on a sensational show on Wednesday (August 4) to enter the gold medal final in the 57kg category by defeating Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev in the semifinal. Dahiya became just the second Indian wrester ever to enter the Olympics final after Sushil Kumar back in 2012 London Olympics.

Yogeshwar Dutt

1/6
Yogeshwar Dutt

Yogeshwar Dutt won a bronze in the 2012 London Olympics.

Sushil Kumar

2/6
Sushil Kumar

Sushil Kumar bettered the colour of his bronze medal by claiming a historic silver in 2012 at the London Games that made him India's only athlete with two individual Olympic medals. However, recently ace shuttler PV Sindhu became another Indian athlete to win two individual Olympic medals when she won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics.

Sushil Kumar

3/6
Sushil Kumar

Sushil Kumar enhanced India's wrestling profile by winning a bronze at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Sakshi Malik

4/6
Sakshi Malik

Sakshi Malik became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal when she took a bronze in the 2016 Rio Games.

Ravi Kumar Dahiya

5/6
Ravi Kumar Dahiya

Ravi Kumar Dahiya assured at least a silver medal in the men's freestyle wrestling 57kg category as he staged a great comeback against Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev to make his way to the final at the Tokyo Olympics.

KD Jadhav

6/6
KD Jadhav

KD Jadhav had become India's first wrestler and also the first individual Olympic medallist when he won a bronze during the 1952 Helsinki Games.

NEWS ON ONE CLICK