Deepak Punia is a great wrestler from Jhajjar, Haryana

Deepak Punia is illuminating the name of himself and India in the field of wrestling. He is born in Jhajjar, Haryana and the people here have always made wrestling a part of the first primary sport. Anyway, it always comes to the fore that most of the wrestlers who participate in wrestling are from Haryana.

Deepak Punia

Talking about him, his father’s name is Subhash Punia and he is a dairy farmer. Subhash Punia has always prepared Deepak for wrestling. From when Deepak was 5 years old, his father used to take him for wrestling and used to show riots.

There are many such things about him, who has made his name in the field of wrestling, which we are going to talk about today. So let’s know.

Deepak Punia Career, Deepak Punia life story etc.

Who is Deepak Punia?

Deepak Punia is an Indian wrestler who plays wrestling for India. Deepak was born on 19 April 1999 in Jhajjar, Haryana. His father is a farmer and he has been instrumental in making Deepak a wrestler. He has been very disciplined about his game. This is the reason why he also represents India in the Olympics

Deepak Punia Biography

As we have already told you that Deepak Punia was born in Haryana and he is a wrestler. Talking about his wrestling training, it was done at a very young age. His father, whose name is Subhash Punia, has given him wrestling training since childhood. Punia started his childhood training under the leadership of Virendra Singh Chhara. Tell about Virendra Singh Chhara that he has received the Arjuna Award.

By the time he was 7 years old, Deepak improved his wrestling game a lot and started illuminating his father’s name. This was the time when people around started getting to know him. After this Deepak saw his career in wrestling itself and chose it as a profession. Even Deepak was approached for the post of a constable in the Indian Army.

During the same year, he was told by Sushil Kumar that he should not pay attention to the small things around him and focus on wrestling. He also did not ignore his words and started concentrating on wrestling. In its three years, Deepak also won many awards in his name.

During the year 2015, Deepak Punia started his training under the leadership of famous wrestler Guru Satpalji of Chhatrasal Stadium. After this he also participated in the World Cadet Championship, although he did not get success here and he had to face defeat.

Sub-Junior World Championship

During this year, Deepak Punia also participated in the Sub-Junior World Championship and made a name for himself by winning it. After this he also participated in the Junior World Champion. Let us tell you that he took part in the World Junior Championship 3 times. For the first time he got the medal from here, for the second time he won the silver medal in his name.

Deepak Punia won the gold medal for India during the Asian Junior Championship 2018. During the same year, he also won a silver medal in the World Junior Championships.

2019

Only a year after that i.e. during the year 2019, Deepak Punia took part in the Asian Championship and won a bronze medal. Deepak got participate offer in the World Championship 2019 in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan in the same year but could not go there due to an ankle injury.

An Iranian wrestler Hassan Yazdani won the gold medal at the World Championships against Deepak Punia and he got the silver medal. During this, He scored 82 points, which was more than the winner. He has also won the world title in the 86 kg weight category.

He also became India’s fourth Olympic qualifier for Tokyo 2020 after beating Carlos Arturo Izquierdo Mendez.

During the year 2018, He won 6 medals at the global level in wrestling. Apart from this, he has won silver, gold and bronze medals at many places. He has also represented India at many places.

Awards of Deepak Punia:

World Junior Championships (Gold and Silver) and World Junior Championships (Gold and Silver)

World Wrestling Championships 2019 (Silver) and World Wrestling Championships 2019 (Silver)

Asian Games (2 Bronze) Asian Games (2 Bronze)

World Cadet Championship (Gold). World Cadet Championship (Gold).