Wrestling includes freestyle, Greco-Roman, Judo, Sambo, Folkstyle, Catch, Submission, Sumo, Pehlwani, Shuai Jiao, and others. Ravi Kumar Dahiya is an Indian freestyle wrestler. A wrestling match is a physical contest between two competitors or sparring partners who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position. Learn about Ravi Kumar Dahiya (wrestler) Age, Height, Family, Biography, Ranking & More.

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Wrestling

Wrestling is a hand-to-hand combat system and a set of combat sports involving techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins, and other grappling holds—wrestling techniques incorporated into martial arts, combat sports, and military systems.

There is a wide range of styles with different rules, including traditional historical and modern techniques. The word wrestling is attesting in Late Old English.

Wrestling represents one of the oldest forms of combat. Wrestling originated in cave paintings 15,000 years ago.

Ravi Kumar Dahiya Biography

Ravi Kumar Dahiya Introduction

Ravi Kumar Dahiya, also known as Ravi Kumar, is an Indian freestyle wrestler who won a silver medal in the 57 kg category at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Dahiya is a bronze medalist from the 2019 World Wrestling Championships and a three-time Asian champion.

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Ravi was born on 12 December 1997 and hailed from Nahri village in the Sonipat district of Haryana. His father, Rakesh Dahiya, a small farmer, used to travel about 39 km daily from their town to Chhatrasal Stadium for more than a decade to deliver fresh milk and fruits, which were part of his wrestling diet. From age 10, Dahiya is training by Satpal Singh at the Chatrasal Stadium in North Delhi.

He seems tall with a height of 170 cm and 5’7″ feet and inches. He represented India internationally in the 57 kg weight category. His dark eye color and his black hair make his personality more majestic.

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A Delhi government school in Adarsh Nagar, where Olympic silver medalist wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya studied, will be named after the Haryana grappler, Delhi Deputy Minister Manish Sisodia said on Tuesday.

The Delhi government decided on Tuesday when Dahiya visited the school, where he welcomes by school staff and Sisodia.

Ravi Kumar Dahiya Injury & Career

Ravi Kumar started wrestling in his teenage years and won a silver medal in the 55 kg freestyle category at the 2015 Junior World Wrestling Championships in Salvador de Bahia. He picked up an injury in 2017 that kept him out for over a year. In his comeback year, he won a silver medal at the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championships in Bucharest, India’s only award in the competition in the 57 kg category. Ravi Kumar was undefeated in the 2019 Pro Wrestling League, representing the title-winning team Haryana Hammers.

He finished fifth at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships after losing the bronze medal match.

In his World Championship debut in 2019, Ravi Kumar defeated European champion Arsene Harutounian in the round of 16 and 2017 world champion Yuki Takahashi in the quarterfinals to earn one of the six quotas available for the 2020 Summer Olympics. He settled for bronze after losing to defending champion and eventual gold medalist Zaur Uguev in the semifinal round. On the back of her medal win, Ravi Kumar was inductees into the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports’ Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) in October 2019.

Ravi Kumar won gold at the 2020 Asian Wrestling Championship in New Delhi and the 2021 Asian Wrestling Championship in Almaty.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Ravi Kumar won his first two bouts by technical superiority. In the semifinals, he pinned Kazakh wrestler Nurislam Sanayev in the last minute to win by fall after trailing in the bout on points. In the semifinal match, Ravi Kumar reportedly suffered a bite from his opponent Nurislam Sanayev. In the final, Ravi Kumar had to settle for silver as ROC wrestler Zour Uguev defeated him by 4-7 points. Ravi Kumar is the second Indian wrestler after Sushil Kumar to win Olympic silver.

At the 2022 Yasar Dogu tournament, he won the gold medal by defeating Uzbek Gulomzon Abdullayev 11–10 in the final.

Ravi Kumar Dahiya Awards and recognition

National award – Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, highest sporting honor of India (2021)
Wrestling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men’s 57 kg freestyle
Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men’s freestyle 57 kg
World U23 Championship: Silver
World Championship 2019: Bronze
Asian Championship 2020: Gold
Asian Championship 2021: Gold

Ravi Kumar Dahiya Salary/Net Worth

₹50 lakh (US$63,000) from the Government of India.
₹4 crores (US$500,000) from the Government of Haryana.
₹40 lakh (US$50,000) from the Indian Olympic Association.
₹50 lakh (US$63,000) from the Board of Control for Cricket in India

Ravi Kumar Dahiya earns INR 50,000 monthly as part of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS), the flagship program of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. He includes the scheme on the back of his medal finish at the 2019 World Championships.

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