Navjot Chana (born 24 November 1983) is an Indian Judo Player who won silver medal in the men's 60 kg weight class at the

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at Glasgow. He hails from

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district of

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state of India. Chana is employed with Punjab Police Chana defeated

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's Daniel Le Grange in the semi-final meeting. He had earlier defeated 23-year-old Tom Pappas of

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in quarter-final.

References

* Living people Indian male judoka 1983 births People from Hoshiarpur Judoka at the 2006 Asian Games Judoka at the 2010 Asian Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Judoka at the 2014 Asian Games Indian male martial artists Martial artists from Punjab, India Commonwealth Games silver medallists in judo Judoka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Asian Games judoka for India 21st-century Indian people Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{India-judo-bio-stub