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Wrestling · Haryana

Bajrang Punia

Freestyle wrestler at 65kg; Olympic bronze medallist at Tokyo 2020 and world silver medallist in 2018. A four-year suspension imposed by NADA from 23 April 2024, for failing to provide a sample at the March 2024 national trials, runs to 2028; he is ineligible to compete while it stands.

Profile details

Born
26 Feb 1994
Birthplace
Khudan
State listed
Haryana
Height
166 cm
Weight
65 kg
Plays
Freestyle
Sport
Wrestling
Discipline
Combat
Category
Men
Status
Suspended by NADA for four years from April 2024 — ineligible to compete while the sanction stands.
Last reviewed
15 Sep 2026

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Honours & Awards

  • ▸Olympic Bronze Tokyo 2020
  • ▸World Silver 2018
  • ▸Asian Games Gold 2018
  • ▸Arjuna Award
  • ▸Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
  • ▸Padma Shri

Competition Appearances

11 recorded appearances, most significant first.

  • ·2020 Summer Olympics – men's freestyle 65 kg
  • ·2018 Asian Games
  • ·2014 Asian Games
  • ·2022 Commonwealth Games – men's freestyle 65 kg
  • ·2018 Commonwealth Games
  • ·2022 Asian Wrestling Championships
  • ·2022 Bolat Turlykhanov Cup
  • ·2022 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 65 kg

Career Timeline

  1. 2018World Silver 2018
  2. 2018Asian Games Gold 2018
  3. 2020Olympic Bronze Tokyo 2020
  4. 2014Competed at 2014 Asian Games
  5. 2018Competed at 2018 Asian Games
  6. 2018Competed at 2018 Commonwealth Games
  7. 2020Competed at wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's freestyle 65 kg
  8. 2021Competed at 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships
  9. 2022Competed at 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships
  10. 2022Competed at 2022 Bolat Turlykhanov Cup
  11. 2022Competed at 2022 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 65 kg
  12. 2022Competed at wrestling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – men's freestyle 65 kg

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About

Freestyle wrestler at 65kg; Olympic bronze medallist at Tokyo 2020 and world silver medallist in 2018. A four-year suspension imposed by NADA from 23 April 2024, for failing to provide a sample at the March 2024 national trials, runs to 2028; he is ineligible to compete while it stands.

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