Deepak Punia is an Indian

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and

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in the

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. He won a silver medal at the

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in the freestyle 86 kg category, where

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of Iran, a wrestler that Punia idolises, won the final by walkover. Punia's silver medal secured him a place in the

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. He was born in

Jhajjar district Jhajjar district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Carved out of Rohtak district on 15 July 1997 and with its headquarters in Jhajjar, it lies from Delhi and had developed into an important industrial center. Oth ...

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. He faced Yazdani again in the 86 kg final of 2022 Asian Games, but lost 10-0 in a one-sided match. Punia is the reigning Commonwealth champion in his weight category. He bagged a gold medal at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games after beating Pakistan's

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by a score of 3-0 in the 86 kg final bout.

Senior career results

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* * * * * 1999 births Living people Indian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for India Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India Commonwealth Games gold medallists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games World Wrestling Championships medalists Asian Wrestling Championships medalists Indian Army personnel Recipients of the Arjuna Award People from Jhajjar district Sport wrestlers from Haryana Wrestlers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in wrestling Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Long stubs with short prose {{India-wrestling-bio-stub