Nationality Indian Country India Club Master Chandgi Ram Role Old Wrestler Coached by Chandgi Ram | Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) Sport Wrestling Name Sanjay Kumar Events Freestyle wrestling | |
Born 23 December 1967 (age 56) ( 1967-12-23 ) Village Matindu, Tehsil Kharkhauda Distt. Sonipat, Haryana Books IBM DB2 97 Advance, Changing Electoral Politics in, Measuring Voting Behaviou, IBM DB2 9 7 Advance, Handbook of General Animal N | ||
Sanjay Kumar (born 23 December 1967) is a retired freestyle wrestler from India. He became Commonwealth Champion twice, along with finishing runner-up in the 1989 South Asian Games. Although wrestling was not part of the 1990 Commonwealth Games, United World Wrestling conducted the event for the same in 1991, in which Kumar won gold medal. He had represented India in both the junior and the senior World Wrestling Championships.
Along with amateur wrestling, Kumar was also active in the traditional Indian wrestling, where he won the Hind Kesari, the Bharat Kesari, and the Rustom-e-Hind title. He served in the Border Security Force (BSF).
In 1997, the Government of India conferred the Arjuna Award on him.
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