Amit Kumar (wrestler)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
15 December 1993 (age 23) Sonipat district, Haryana |
|
Medal record
|
|
| Updated on 19 September 2015. | |
Amit Kumar Dahiya (15 December 1993) is an Indian wrestler who represented India at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. He was the youngest wrestler ever to represent India at the Olympics while also being the youngest athlete of the 2012 Indian Olympic delegation.
In the recently concluded Pro Wrestling League’s players’ auction, he has been bought by Olive Global, a technology firm, and will be part of Haryana Hammers wrestling team.
Amit Kumar Dahiya hails from Nahari village of Sonepat district. He comes from a modest background with his father Narender Dahiya employed as a small scale farmer.
Amit started wrestling in second grade at the age of seven, defeating a seventh grade student during a casual match in school. Seeing immense potential, his teachers and his family were encouraged to send him for proper training. He was admitted in the akhara of Hansrajji, at that time used only for recreation.
After seeing his talent, wrestling coach and former Asian and Commonwealth Games medallist Satpal Singh took him in his Delhi's wrestling training centre at Chhatrasal stadium, Model Town.
In the opening round of the men's 55 kg freestyle category, Amit faced Ruslan Seksenbaev of Kazakhstan and beat him 3:0. In the next round, Amit's opponent was Yasuhiro Inaba of Japan, losing to him 0:5.
With the Japanese grappler reaching the final round, Amit was able to compete in the repechage round. In the first repechage round, his opponent was Alvin Lobriguito of the Philippines whom he beat 3:1 to qualify for the bronze medal bout. Amit was able to win the bronze medal, beating Altinbek Alimbaev of Kyrgyzstan 3:0.
In Budapest, Amit won the silver medal n the 55 kg category before losing to the Iranian Hassan Rahimi in the gold medal bout.
...
Wikipedia