Deepak Punia (wrestler)

Naib Subedar Deepak Punia, is an Indian freestyle wrestler supported by OGQ and Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in the Indian Army who won a silver medal at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in the freestyle 86 kg category and secured a place in the 2020 Summer Olympics. He was born in Jhajjar district, Haryana. He is the reigning Commonwealth champion in his weight category. He bagged a gold medal at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games after beating Pakistan's Muhammad Inam in the 86kg final bout.

Deepak Punia
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1999-05-19) 19 May 1999
Chhara, Jhajjar district, Haryana, India
Military career
Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Army
Rank Naib Subedar
Sport
CountryIndia
SportFreestyle wrestling
Event86 kg
Medal record
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Representing  India
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Asian Games - 1 -
World Championships - 1 -
World Junior Wrestling Championships 1 1 -
World Cadet Championships 1 - -
Asian Championships - 1 2
Commonwealth Games 1 - -
Total 3 4 2
World Championships
2019 Nur-Sultan86 kg
Asian Games
2022 Hangzhou86 kg
Commonwealth Games
2022 Birmingham 86 Kg
Asian Wrestling Championships
2022 Ulaanbaatar 86 kg
2021 Almaty86 kg
2019 Xi'an86 kg
2020 New Delhi86 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
2022 Istanbul92 kg
World Junior Wrestling Championships
2018 Trnava86 kg
2019 Tallinn86 kg
World Cadet Championships
2016 Tbilisi85 kg
Asian Junior Championship
2018 New Delhi86 kg
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