Geeta Phogat

The first ever Indian woman freestyle wrestler to have qualified for the Olympics, Geeta Phogat from Haryana was born on 15th December 1988.

Her Achievements:-

• Bagged a gold medal at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships, held in Jalandhar, Punjab in 2009
• She won India’s first ever gold medal in women’s wrestling at the Commonwealth Games, held in New Delhi, in 2010, beating Emily Bensted from Australia in the gold medal match.
• Phogat won a gold medal in the Wrestling FILA Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament that concluded at Almaty, Kazakhstan in April 2012.
• At the 2013 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship that was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, Geeta finished second, clinching a silver medal in women's freestyle 59 kg category.
• Geeta won a bronze medal at the 2015 Asian Championships, held in Doha.