Satpal Singh (born 1 February 1955), also known as Guru Satpal, is a wrestling coach and former wrestler of

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. He was a gold medalist in

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and a bronze medalist in 1974 Asian Games. Today he is better known as the coach of Olympic medal winners Sushil Kumar and Ravi Kumar Dahiya. He was awarded Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award of India, in 2015.

Biography

Chaudhary Satpal Singh Sehrawat was born on 1 February 1955 in Bawana village in a Jat family in

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

. He was coached by the famous wrestling coach Guru Hanuman at Hanuman Akhara, Delhi. He was Indian national champion for 16 years. He achieved international success at commonwealth games winning 3 silver medals in 1974, 1978 and 1982 commonwealth games. In Asian Games too, he improved his performance at successive games, winning a bronze in 1974, a silver in 1978 and peaked with a gold in 1982. Satpal was also good in traditional kushti. He won several titles like Bharat Kumar (1973), Rustom-e-Hind (1974 and 1975), Bharat Kesari (1975), Rustom-e-Bharat (1975), Maha Bharat Kesari (1976), Mahan Bharat Kesari (1976), Rustom-e-Zaman (1976), Hind Kesari (1977), Bharat Shri (1978) and Bharat Balram (1979). Satpal now works as assistant director of Education, Delhi. He is also the Chief Patron of the School Games Federation of India. He runs an '' Akhada'' for coaching wrestling with fellow coach Virender Singh from 1988 in Chhatrasal Stadium in

. He trained two time Olympic medal winner, Sushil Kumar for the Beijing Olympics 2008 and London Olympics 2012. He was awarded Dronacharya Award in 2009 by the Indian Government. He was earlier conferred the Arjuna Award in 1974 and the Padma Shri in 1983. He was the chief guest in Senior National T-10 Leg-cricket championship 2012 organised by Leg Cricket Federation of India at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Delhi.

Awards and achievements

* 1974: Arjun Award (

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) * 1983: Padma Shri * 2009: Dronacharya Award * National Heavyweight Champion 16 times. * 2015: Padma Bhushan

Participation

* Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's freestyle 100 kg

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References

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