Deepak Punia

Deepak Punia is an Indian freestyle wrestler. Punia has won a silver medal at the 2019 World Championships in the men's 86 kg event, where he conceded the final by walkover to his idol, Hassan Yazdani. This silver medal earned him a berth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where he finished fifth after narrowly losing the bronze medal match. He later won gold in same event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and silver at the 2022 Asian Games.

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Deepak Punia holds off Ganbaatar 2-1 to clinch Asian Games wrestling bronze

Deepak Punia secured a third-place finish in the 97kg freestyle division at the Asian Games held in Aichi-Nagoya, defeating Gankhuyag Ganbaatar of Mongolia by a close margin of 2-1. Having built a…

Athletics · 6h ago