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11 Facts About Bajrang Punia

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Bajrang Punia was born on 26 February 1994 and is an Indian freestyle wrestler, who competes in the 65-kg weight category.

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Bajrang Punia is the only Indian wrestler to win 4 medals at the World Wrestling Championships.

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Bajrang Punia was born in the Khudan village of Jhajjar district in the state of Haryana, India.

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Bajrang Punia began wrestling at the age of seven and was encouraged to pursue the sport by his father.

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Bajrang Punia's father was a wrestler as well and at a young age, his family Enrolled him in a local mud wrestling school.

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Bajrang Punia started to skip school to go to wrestling practice.

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7.

Bajrang Punia went to Chattarsal Stadium in 2008 where he was trained by Ramphal Mann.

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Bajrang Punia was the second acquisition of the JSW owned Bangalore franchise in the auction conducted in New Delhi.

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Bajrang Punia overcame Kane Charig of Wales by Technical Superiority to clinch the gold.

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Bajrang Punia clinched a silver medal at the 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships after losing to Takuto Otoguro in the final.

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Bajrang Punia clinched the gold medal with a dominating win over Canada's Lachlan McNeil in the 65kg final bout at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

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