Deepak Punia (wrestler)

Deepak Punia, is an Indian freestyle wrestle r supported by OGQ and Naib Subedar in the Indian Army. He won a silver medal at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in the freestyle 86 kg category, where Hassan Yazdani of Iran, a wrestler that Punia idolises, won the final by walkover. Punia's silver medal did, however, secure him a place in the 2020 Summer Olympics. The Indian wrestler, born in Jhajjar district, Haryana, got another chance to go against Yazdani in the wrestling competition at the 2022 Asian Games – in the Men's freestyle 86 kg final. But Yazdani beat Punia 10-0 in a one-sided match.

Punia is the reigning Commonwealth champion in his weight category. He bagged a gold medal at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games after beating Pakistan's Muhammad Inam by a score of 3-0 in the 86kg final bout.