Geeta Phogat

Geeta Phogat
Geeta Phogat
Personal information Nationality Born Indian December 15, 1988 Balali, Haryana Wrestler Achievements and titles National finals bronze medal in sr. world championship Sept.2012,Canada

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Geeta Phogat is a female wrestler from India who won India's first ever gold medal in women's wrestling in the 55kg freestyle category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. She hails from a Hindu Jat family of Bhiwani in Haryana. She had earlier won gold in the 2009 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship. Her father Mahavir Singh, a former wrestler himself, is also her coach. She qualified for the 2012 London Olympics but could not win a medal. She was trained by O.P. Yadav at Patiala. She is the first-ever Indian woman wrestler to have qualified for the Olympics. Phogat won a gold medal in the Wrestling FILA Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament that concluded at Almaty, Kazakhstan in April 2012.[1] She has undergone rigorous training at the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, (NSNIS), Patiala, under the guidance of chief coach O.P. Yadav and foreign expert Ryan Dobo. She has numerous other international medals to her credit, including three consecutive medals in the Asian Cadet Championships in 2003, 2004 and 2005. She has been recommended for the 2012 Arjuna Award for outstanding achievement in National sports. She will receive this honour along with 24 other Athletes.[2]

Summer Olympics 2012

Geeta was beaten in her opening fight by Canadian Tonya Verbeek (1-3).[3] Geeta received a chance to win bronze medal since Tonya Lynn Verbeek went to the finals. In the repechage round, she lost her first repichage match to Lazareva from Ukraine.[4] In the senior women world wrestling championship Sept. 2012 in Canada, Geeta along her sister Babita won the bronze medals under the guidance of women chief coach O. P. Yadav NIS Patiala.[5]

References
[1] "Geeta Phogat: Profile 2012 London Olympics" (http:/ / zeenews. india. com/ sports/ london-olympics-2012/ indian-athletes-profile/ geeta-phogat-profile-2012-london-olympics_745710. html). Zeenews.india.com. . Retrieved 2012-10-13. [2] "Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna & Arjuna Award 2012 Announced" (http:/ / wikinewstime. com/ 2297/ rajiv-gandhi-khel-ratna-arjuna-award-2012-announced/ ). Wikinewstime.com. 2012-08-20. . Retrieved 2012-10-13. [3] "Olympic wrestling: Geeta Phogat loses opening fight" (http:/ / www. deccanherald. com/ content/ 270415/ olympic-wrestling-geeta-phogat-loses. html). . Retrieved 09-08-2012. [4] "Geeta starts with a fight, gets blown away in repechage" (http:/ / blogs. timesofindia. indiatimes. com/ timesinlondon/ entry/ geeta-starts-with-a-fight-gets-blown-away-in-repechage). . Retrieved 10-08-2012. [5] "Fdration Internationale des Luttes Associes" (http:/ / www. fila-wrestling. com). Fila-wrestling.com. . Retrieved 2012-10-13.

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