Biography Of Wrestler Bajrang Punia | Tokyo Olympics 2020

In the current Tokyo Olympics 2020, India has great hopes in Bajrang Punia from Haryana (Jhajjar). Bajrang Punia has recently reached the semi-finals in the Tokyo Olympics, but he did not achieve that good performance there and could not finish in the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

But you will be glad that in the semi-finals Bajrang Punia may have been defeated. However, he won the Bronze ie Bronze Medal by winning 8:0 in the Bronze Medal match.

Let us tell you that Bajrang Punia is the world’s number one wrestler in the weight category and won a gold medal in the Asian Games. Let us tell you that Bajrang Punia is the world’s number one wrestler in the weight category and won a gold medal in the Asian Games.

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Wrestler Bajrang Punia Biography

Bajrang Punia Biography, Education, Caste, Religion

Full Name	Bajrang Punia
Nick Name	Bajrang
Profession	Wrestlers
DOB	26 February 1994
Age	27 Years
Birth Place	Khudan Village, Jhajjar Haryana
Father’s Name	Balwan Singh Poonia
Mother’s Name	Ompyari Poonia
Hobby	Playing Basketball, Playing Football and River Rafting
Hometown	Haryana
Religion	Hindu
Caste	Jat
Nationality	Indian
Coach Name	Amjarias Bentinidi
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Black
Height	1.66 m
Weight	65 Kg
Marriage Date	November 25, 2020
Wife	Sangeeta Phogat

Wrestler Bajrang Punia was born to a Jat family in Haryana District, India on February 26, 1994. The name of Bajrang Punia is Om Pyari’s mother and Balwan Singh Punia’s father’s name. Do you know that the father of Bajrang Punia is also a wrestler? He also has a brother called Harendra Punia and wrestles as well.

Bajrang Punia Personal Life

On 25 November 2020 last year, Bajrang Punia married Sangeeta Phogat. Because of the lockdown, he came to get his bride with 21 processions. And with complete rituals, they got married.

Bajrang Punia Citizenship and Religion

Wrestler Punia Bajrang is an Indian citizen and a member of the Jat Community of Hinduism.

Bajrang Punia Education Info

Bajrang Punia completed his primary education at his village school. He began wrestling at the age of seven, in which his father also gave him much support. Bajrang Punia graduated from Maharishi Dayanand University. In addition, he also worked in the Indian Railways as a ticket checker. Yogeshwar Dutt is the name of Bajrang Punia’s coach.

Award owned by Bajrang Punia

In 2015, the government of India awarded the Arjuna Award to the wrestler Bajrang Punia.
Bajrang Punia won the Silver Award at the 2013 Dave Schulz Memorial Tournament, and Silver Award in Dave Schulz Memorial Tournament in 2015.
In 2019, the central government also awarded Bajrang Punia the Padma Shri Award.
Bajrang Punia received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2019 itself on 29 August.

Bajrang Punia Career

Bajrang Punia participated in the Asian Wrestling Championship in 2013. This championship took place in Delhi, where Bajrang Punia managed to reach the semi-finals in which he faced defeat.

After this Bajrang Punia won a bronze medal in the category of 60 kg in the 2013 World Championship Buddha Pest, Hungary.

Bajrang Punia won the gold medal in the category of 61 kilograms at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, held in Scotland. In the South Korean Asian Games, Bajrang Punia was again honored with the gold medal the year, while Bajrang Punia won the gold medal again at the Asian Wrestling Championship in Delhi in 2017.

After this, in the Commonwealth Games, Bajrang Punia won the gold medal in 2018. Bajrang Punia won the gold medal again in the Asian Games in the very same year 2021 itself. Wrestler Bajrang Punia has therefore been awarded three bronze medals, four silver medals, and five gold medals at various matches to date.

Bajrang Punia Tokyo Olympic 2020

By playing well in the class 65 kg, Bajrang Punia qualified at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 and reached in semi-finals. He was defeated in the semifinals but then he won bronze made in which match he score 8-0. And India was proud of this.

Hobby of Bajrang Punia

Bajrang Punia likes basketball, soccer, and rafting in rivers. Churma is his favourite food. The favourite wrestler of Bajrang Punia was Captains Chandrupta and Yogeshwar Dutt.