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Mausam Khatri

Mausam Khatri
Personal information
Nationality Indian
Born (1990-12-10) 10 December 1990 (age 26)
Panchi Jatan village, Sonipat district, Haryana, India
Sport
Country India
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle wrestling
Coached by Anoop Singh
Updated on 9 August 2016.

Mausam Khatri (born 10 December 1990) is a freestyle wrestler from India. He was a bronze medallist in the 2010 Asian Games. He has also been Commonwealth champion twice, along with being the winner of gold medal in the 2016 South Asian Games.

Khatri made his international debut in 2006 at the cadet level. And after becoming national champion at the senior level in 2008, he has been regularly representing India in international tournaments at the 96 kg/97 kg freestyle event. He has twice represented India in the World Wrestling Championships.

Along with amateur wrestling, Khatri has also been active in the traditional Indian wrestling, where he has won Hind Kesari title five times. He serves as a police sub-inspector in his native state of Haryana.

Mausam Khatri was on born 10 December 1990 in Panchi Jatan village of Haryana’s Sonipat district and completed his education from Rohtak. His father Subeh Singh, who was a pehlwan, played an important role in promoting his inclination toward wrestling during his formative years. Later on, Anoop Singh coached him as a freestyle wrestler. After his podium finish at the 2010 Asian Games, the government of Haryana employed him as a sub-inspector in the Haryana Police under the Employment Guarantee Policy.

Khatri made his international debut in the 2006 Asian Cadets Championship, where he won a silver medal. At the age of 18, while still being a junior wrestler, he competed in the 53rd edition of the Senior National Wrestling Championships in 2008. And he became the national champion after defeating Anil Mann in the final of the 96 kg freestyle event, although he could not defend his title in the next year – finishing with a bronze medal. He made his international debut at senior level in the 2009 Asian Wrestling Championships, finishing eighth.


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