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Bajrang Punia Profile, Biography, Education, Career, Achievements, Medals, Awards
Freestyle Wrestler Bajrang Punia Profile, Early Life, Education, Sports Career, Achievements, Awards, Medals
Bajrang Punia was born in Khudan village in the state of Haryana and started his wrestling career at the age of seven after getting motivated by his father. The 24-year-old Haryana wrestler works as a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) with Indian Railway.
Bajrang Punia was always regarded as one of India's strongest medal contenders at the Jakarta Asian Games 2018.
Bajrang Punia has been training hard under the supervision of four-time Olympian and Indian wrestling legend Yogeshwar Dutt since his early days and Yogeshwar Dutt asked Punia to move to the 65kg category from 61kg as it was not an Olympic category.
Bajrang Punia has won the bronze in the 2013 World Championship, silvers in 2014 Commonwealth and Asian Games and gold in the Commonwealth 2016 and 2017 editions. Bajrang Punia, alongside Sushil Kumar, was given a green ticket to the Asian Games 2018 without a trial as the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) thought the duo were far more superior than the other domestic competitors in their respective categories.
Bajrang Punia was the second acquisition of the JSW owned Bangalore franchise in the auction conducted in New Delhi.
