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Wrestling · Uttar Pradesh

Narsingh Pancham Yadav

Narsingh Pancham Yadav (born 6 August 1989) is an Indian wrestler. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 74 kg category. He was banned for 4 years and barred from the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro by the Court of Arbitration for Sport after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealed against the decision of the National Anti-Doping Agency to allow him to compete even after he failed a doping test by testing positive for anabolic steroids.

Profile details

Born
6 Aug 1989
Birthplace
Varanasi
State listed
Uttar Pradesh
Country
India
Height
165 cm
Weight
74 kg
Plays
Freestyle
Sport
Wrestling
Discipline
Combat
Category
Men
Status
Active

District, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.

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Honours & Awards

  • No recorded honours or awards.

Competition Appearances

6 recorded appearances, most significant first.

  • ·2016 Summer Olympics
  • ·2012 Summer Olympics
  • ·2014 Asian Games
  • ·2010 Asian Games
  • ·2006 Asian Games
  • ·2010 Commonwealth Games

Career Timeline

  1. 2006Competed at 2006 Asian Games
  2. 2010Competed at 2010 Asian Games
  3. 2010Competed at 2010 Commonwealth Games
  4. 2012Competed at 2012 Summer Olympics
  5. 2014Competed at 2014 Asian Games
  6. 2016Competed at wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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About

Narsingh Pancham Yadav (born 6 August 1989) is an Indian wrestler. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 74 kg category. He was banned for 4 years and barred from the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro by the Court of Arbitration for Sport after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealed against the decision of the National Anti-Doping Agency to allow him to compete even after he failed a doping test by testing positive for anabolic steroids.

Biography adapted from Narsingh Yadav on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Snapshot taken — where the text describes a role or a club in the present tense, read it as of that date.

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