Kartar Dhillon Singh
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  India
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| Men's Freestyle Wrestling | ||
| Commonwealth Games | ||
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1978 Edmonton, Alberta | 90 kg |
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1982 Brisbane | 90 kg |
| Asian Games | ||
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1978 Bangkok | 90 kg |
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1982 Delhi | 90 kg |
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1986 Seoul | 100 kg |
Kartar Singh (born 7 October 1953) is an Indian wrestler who won gold medals at the Asian Games in 1978 and 1986. He stood 7th at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 100 kg Wrestling.
Kartar Singh was born in Sur Singh village of the present-day Tarn Taran district in Punjab. He won gold medals in the 1978 Asian Games held in Bangkok and the 1986 Asian Games held in Seoul. He won a silver medal in the 1982 Asian Games held in Delhi. He won a bronze medal in the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton and a silver medal in the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane. Later he moved his residence to Jalandhar, where he worked as Superintendent of Police and as Director Sports of Punjab. Presently he is a master world champion in wrestling and serving as an Inspector General of Police in Punjab.
In 1982 he received the Arjuna award and in 1987 he received the Padma Shri. Many times he won the Gold Medals in the Veterans World Championships held in Columbia in 1992, Toronto in 1993, Martiony (Switzerland) in 1997 and Bodex (France) in 1998.
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