Vinesh Phogat

Vinesh Phogat (born 25 August 1994) is an Indian wrestler who comes from a successful family of wrestlers, with her sister Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari being international wrestlers and Commonwealth Games medalists as well.

Vinesh Phogat

Vinesh receives the Arjuna Award in 2016
Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Born	(1994-08-25) 25 August 1994 Bhiwani district, Haryana, India[1]
Residence	Haryana
Height	159 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Event(s)	48 kg/50 kg/53 kg
Coached by	Mahavir Singh Phogat
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	2
Medal record Women's Freestyle Wrestling Representing  India Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games - - - World Wrestling Championships - - 1 Asian Games 1 - 1 Commonwealth Games 2 - - Asain Wrestling Championships - 3 4 Total 3 3 6 World Championships 2019 Nur-Sultan 53 kg Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow 48 kg 2018 Gold Coast 50 kg Asian Games 2018 Jakarta 50 kg 2014 Incheon 48 kg Asian Championships 2015 Doha 48 kg 2017 New Delhi 55 kg 2018 Bishkek 50 kg 2013 New Delhi 51 kg 2016 Bangkok 53 kg 2019 Xi'an 53 kg 2020 New Delhi 53 kg Youth Wrestling Championship 2013 Johannesburg[2] 51 kg
Updated on 20 August 2018.

She became the first Indian woman wrestler to win Gold in both Commonwealth and Asian games.[3] Phogat has become the First Indian Athlete to be Nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards to be held on February 18, 2019.[4]

Personal life and family

Further information: Phogat sisters

Vinesh is the daughter of wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat's younger brother Rajpal and sister of wrestlers Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari.[5][6][7] Both her cousins have won gold in 55 kg category in Commonwealth Games.

In allowing her cousins and herself to pursue competitive wrestling, her father and uncle had to deal with immense pressure and opposition from the community in their village in Haryana. They were adjudged as going against the morals and values of their community.[8] Her cousin, Ritu Phogat, too is an international level wrestler and has won a gold medal at the 2016 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship.

On 13 December 2018, she married her long time boyfriend and fellow wrestler Somvir Rathee of Bakhta Khera village of Jind district,[9][10] who is a two times gold medalist in the national championship.[11] The couple knew each other since 2011 and both work for the Indian Railway where they met and fell in love.[12][11]

Career

2013 Asian Wrestling Championships

In 2013 Asian Wrestling Championships in New Delhi, India, Vinesh won the bronze medal in the women's freestyle 52 kg category, winning 3:0 in the bronze medal bout through the repechage round to Tho-Kaew Sriprapa of Thailand.

In the first round, Vinesh won 3:1 against Nanami Irie of Japan. She then lost 1:3 in the quarter-finals to Tatyana Amanzhol of Kazakhstan who qualified for the final thus qualifying the Indian grappler for the repechage round.[13]

2013 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships

In an exclusive tournament held in Johannesburg, South Africa, Vinesh finished second and won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 51 kg category, losing in the final round to Odunayo Adekuoroye of Nigeria.[14]

2014 Commonwealth Games

Vinesh represented India in the women's freestyle 48 kg category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and won the gold medal.[15]

In the quarter-finals, Vinesh faced Rosemary Nweke of Nigeria and beat her 5-0. Her semi-finals opponent was Jasmine Mian of Canada whom she beat 4-1. In the gold medal bout, she faced home favourite Yana Rattigan of England and won the gold medal, beating her 3-1.[16]

2014 Asian Games

At 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Vinesh won the bronze medal in the women's freestyle 48 kg category.[17]

In the Round of 16, Vinesh faced Yongmi Pak from the People's Republic of Korea and beat her 3:1. Her quarter-finals opponent was Dauletbike Yakhshimuratova of Uzbekistan whom she overcame easily with a 5:0 scoreline. She lost 1:3 in the semi-finals to Eri Tosaka of Japan but qualified for the bronze medal bout and beat Narangerel Eredenesukh of Mongolia to win 10-0 easily after referee stopped the bout (classification points 4:0).[18]

2015–2017

At the 2015 Asian Championships in Doha, Phogat won the silver medal in her category after losing the final to Yuki Irie of Japan.[19] In the qualifying tournament for the 2016 Rio Olympics held in Istanbul, she won in the final round beating Polish wrestler Iwona Matkowska, and qualified for the Olympics in the process.[20]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Vinesh reached the Quarter Finals and lost to Sun Yanan of China owing to a knee injury.

2018 Gold Coast CommonWealth Games

Vinesh Phogat won the gold medal in women's 50 kg freestyle wrestling at 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.

2018 Asian Games

Vinesh Phogat won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games and became first Indian woman wrestler to win gold in the Asian Games.[3][21] Phogat beat Japan's Yuki Irie in Women's 50 kg Freestyle Wrestling gold medal match 6-2.

2019 Asian Wrestling Championships

Vinesh won the bronze medal in 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships by defeating World Championships bronze medallist Qianyu Pang of China.[22]

2019 Yasar Dogu International

Phogat won gold in the 2019 Yasar Dogu International by defeating Ekaterina Poleshchuk of Russia.[23]

2019 Poland Open wrestling tournament

Vinesh Phogat bagged her third consecutive gold in women's 53kg category after winning the Poland Open wrestling tournament in Warsaw.

2019 World Wrestling Championships

Vinesh Phogat bagged a maiden World Championship medal in the women's 53kg category after pinning Maria Prevolaraki in the Bronze medal match. She became the first Indian wrestler to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics 2020 by virtue of her top six finish. [24]

2020 season

In January 2020, Phogat won gold in Rome Ranking Series, defeating Luisa Elizabeth Valverde (4-0). [25]

Record against opponents

Weight Players Matches Results Change Won Lost 53kg Pak Yong-mi 3 3 0 +3 53kg Mayu Mukaida 3 0 3 –3 53kg Pang Qianyu 4 2 2 0 53kg Lannuan Luo 1 1 0 +1 55kg Zhang Qi 1 1 0 +1 53kg Maria Prevolaraki 1 1 0 +1 53kg Sofia Mattsson 1 1 0 +1 53kg Nina Hemmer 1 1 0 +1 53kg Iryna Husyak 1 1 0 +1 53kg Yuliya Khalvadzhy 1 1 0 +1 53kg Aktenge Keunimjaeva 1 1 0 +1 53kg Tatyana Amanzhol 2 1 1 0 53kg Sarah Hildebrandt 2 2 0 +2 53kg Zhuldyz Eshimova 1 0 1 -1 53kg Jessica Blaszka 1 1 0 +1 53kg Luisa Valverde 1 1 0 +1 53kg Jo Cin Chiu 1 1 0 +1 53kg Natalia Malysheva 2 1 1 0 53kg Poleshchuk, Ekaterina 1 1 0 +1

Weight Players Matches Results Change Won Lost 48kg Yuki Irie 3 2 1 +2 48kg Eri Tosaka 2 0 2 –2 48kg Nanami Irie 3 1 2 –1 48kg Erdenesukh, Narangerel 2 1 1 0 48kg Dauletbike Yakhshimuratova 4 4 0 +4 48kg Byambazaya Tsogtbaatar 2 2 0 +2 48kg Lee yo-mi 2 1 1 0 48kg Kim Hyung-joo 2 2 0 +2 48kg Iwona Matkowska 1 1 0 +1 48kg Evin Demirhan 1 1 0 +1 48kg Oksana Livach 1 1 0 +1 48kg Alina Vuc 1 1 0 +1 48kg Nataliya Pulkovska 1 1 0 +1 48kg Victoria Anthony 1 0 1 -1 48kg Chun Lei 1 0 1 -1 48kg Kim Hyon-gyong 1 0 1 -1

International Competition

Summer Olympic Games

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Rank	Opponent	Result
2016	2016 Summer Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	48kg	10th	Sun Yanan (CHN)	Loss-01r=02

World Championship

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Rank	Opponent	Result
2019	2019 World Wrestling Championships	Nur-sultan	53kg		Maria Prevolaraki (GRE)	Win-04=01
2017	2017 World Wrestling Championships	Paris France	48kg	10th	Victoria Anthony (USA)	Loss-04=06F
2015	2015 World Wrestling Championships	Las Vegas	48kg	22th	Kim Hyon-gyong (PRK)	Loss-04=08
2013	2013 World Wrestling Championships	Hungry	51kg	10th	Isabelle Sambou (SEN)	Loss-03=06

Asian Games

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Rank	Opponent	Result
2018	2018 Asian Games	Jakarta	50kg		Yuki Irie (JPN)	Win-06=02
2014	2014 Asian Games	Incheon	48kg		Eri Tosaka|(JPN)|Erdenesükhiin Narangerel|(MGL)	Lose-04=06,Win-10=0

Commonwealth Games

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Rank	Opponent	Result
2018	2018 Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast	50kg		Jessica MacDonald (CAN)	Win-13=03
2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow	48kg		Yana Rattigan (ENG)	Win-11=08

Asian Wrestling Championship

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Rank	Opponent	Result
2020	2020 Asian Wrestling Championships	New Delhi	53kg		Mayu Mukaida (JPN)	Loss
2019	2019 Asian Wrestling Championships	Xi'an	53kg		Mayu Mukaida (JPN)	Loss
2018	2018 Asian Wrestling Championships	Bishkek	50kg		Lei Chun (CHN)	Loss
2017	2017 Asian Wrestling Championships	New Delhi	55kg		Sae Nanjo (JPN)	Loss
2016	2016 Asian Wrestling Championships	Bangkok	53kg		Pang Qianyu (CHN)	Loss
2015	2015 Asian Wrestling Championships	Doha	48kg		Yuki Irie (JPN)	Loss
2013	2013 Asian Wrestling Championships	New Delhi	51kg		Liu Haiping (CHN)	Loss

Honors

• Arjuna Award, winner in 2016.[26]
• Padma Shri, nominee in 2018 by the Sports Authority of India.[27]

See also

• Akhara

References

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