U23 & U17 Asian Wrestling Championships 2023: Know India’s medal winners
Indian wrestlers concluded the competition with 44 medals - 13 gold, 13 silvers and 18 bronze - in Bishkek. Know results, medal winners.
Wrestling
India concluded the U23 & U17 Asian Wrestling Championships 2023 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan with a total of 44 medals - 13 gold, 13 silver and 18 bronze. The continental meet was held from June 10 to 18 with 60 Indian wrestlers vying for medals across different age and weight categories.
The wrestlers competed in the men’s and women’s freestyle and men’s Greco-Roman categories at the U23 & U17 Asian Wrestling Championships 2023. There were 10 weight divisions in each of the three wrestling formats per age group. India sent one wrestler per division.
U23 Asian Wrestling Championships 2023: Indian squad
Women’s freestyle: Neelam (50kg), Tamanna (53kg), Jyoti (55kg), Rajni (57kg), Anjli (59kg), Nitika (62kg), Bhateri (65kg), Radhika (68kg), Jyoti Berwal (72kg), Harshita (76kg)
Men’s freestyle: Shubham (57kg), Mohit Kumar (61kg), Jaskaran Singh (65kg), Abhimanyu (70kg), Sagar Thakran (74kg), Sagar Jaglan (79kg), Sandeep Singh Mann (86kg), Parveen Kumar (92kg), Sahil (97kg), Akash Antil (125kg)
Greco-Roman: Lalit (55kg), Pravin Patil (60kg), Ankit (63kg), Vinayak Siddheshwar Patila (67kg), Ankit Gulia (72kg), Vikas (77kg), Rohit Dahiya (82kg), Manoj Kumar (87kg), Nitesh (97kg), Parvesh (130kg)
U17 Asian Wrestling Championships 2023: Indian squad
Women’s wrestling: Rachana (40kg), Parveen (43kg), Muskan (46kg), Drishti (49kg), Rajnita (53kg), Neha (57kg), Savita (61kg), Shiksha (65kg), Srishti (69kg), Kajal (73kg)
Men’s freestyle: Dhanraj Bharat Shirke (45kg), Rupesh (48kg), Rohit (51kg), Ankush (55kg), Tushar (60kg), Sourabh (65kg), Narender (71kg), Saurabh Yadav (80kg), Vinay (92kg), Jaspooran Singh (110kg)
Greco-Roman: Pranjl Kangra (45kg), Siddhanath Kirshnat Patil (48kg), Manu Yadav (51kg), Suraj (55kg), Varun (60kg), Sachin Kumar (65kg), Sohamraj Jagannath More (71kg), Aman (80kg), Ramandeep (92kg), Ronak (110kg)
The U17 championships were held from June 10 to 13 followed by the U23 meet from June 15 to 18.
India's U17 contingent returned with eight gold medals. India's U23 contingent, led by the 19-year-old Sagar Jaglan, the 2021 cadet world champion, managed five gold medals.