Nitin Tomar

Nitin Tomar is a professional Indian kabaddi player.[2] He leads franchise in the Pro Kabaddi League Season 5 and is a player of Indian Kabaddi Team (men's division). He is a member of the Puneri Paltan team.[1]

Nitin Tomar
Personal information
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
Born (1995-04-30) 30 April 1995[1]
ResidenceMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Home townMalakpur, Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, India
OccupationKabaddi Player
Years active2015-present
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1]
Sport
CountryIndia
SportKabaddi
PositionRaider
KabaddiPro Kabaddi League
ClubPuneri Paltan
Bengal Warriors
UP Yoddha
TeamIndia national kabaddi team

Life and background

Tomar was born in a farming family and hails from Malakpur village in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh.[3] He studied at Maharishi Dayanand Public School. He is from a wrestling background, but had to pursue kabaddi due to lack wrestling training facilities in his school.[1][3] His uncle Rajiv Tomar is an Arjuna awardee wrestler.[3]

As of July 2019, Tomar is pursuing a career in Indian Navy.[4] He is a resident of Mumbai.[3]

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References

  1. "Nitin Tomar - Profile". ProKabaddi. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. "Nitin Tomar sets new record". The Hindu. 22 May 2017.
  3. "न‍ित‍िन तोमर: मजबूरी में कबड्डी ख‍िलाड़ी बने, पर अब 93 लाख में ब‍िके". Jansatta (in Hindi). 1 August 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  4. Marar, Nandakumar (16 July 2019). "PKL 2019: Nitin Tomar keen to repay the faith of Puneri Paltan". Sportstar. Retrieved 2 September 2019.


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