Geeta Phogat ( Hindi गीता फोगाट , Eng. Geeta Phogat ; born December 15, 1988 ) is the first Indian female wrestler to qualify for the Olympic Games . Also the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at international wrestling competitions. Awarded the Indian Arjuna Award for consistently high athletic performance. According to her biography, the film " Dangal " was shot.
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| Specialization | freestyle wrestling |
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| Trainer | Kuldip Malik |
| Growth | 153 cm |
Biography
Gita was born on December 15, 1988 in the village of Balali, Bhiwani District, Haryana State. Her parents are a former member of the Indian national wrestling team, and his wife, Daya. Gita has a younger brother and three sisters: Babita , , and Sangita. Her father also took custody of two daughters of his dead brother: Vinesh and [1] . Gita and her sister Babita received a bachelor's degree from Bhiwani State College for Girls. Mahavir began to train his daughter from the age of 12 [2] , over time, all the other children were connected to the training. This initiative was condemned by local residents who believed that the struggle is not a female affair, and the Phogat sisters will not be able to get married because of this. Since there were no more female fighters in the district, the sisters had to fight with the boys to train [3] [4] .
Criticism of fellow villagers stopped only after the first serious victories. Gita won three Asian cadet championships in a row in 2003-2005 and the Asian Junior Championship in 2007 [5] . In 2009, she earned gold at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in Jalandhar , and the next at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi [6] . In the same year, she took part in the Asian Championship in Delhi , where she took 9th place, and the Asian Games , where she lost in the quarterfinal to an athlete from the DPRK [7] .
In 2011, Gita performed at the Asian and World Championships, taking eighth place in both. In 2012, she won bronze at the Asian Championships in Kumi [8] . In the same year, she qualified for the London Olympics , winning the Asian Qualifying Tournament in Alma-Ata and thus becoming the first Indian female wrestler at the Olympic Games [9] . However, in competitions, she lost the Canadian Tone Verbik [10] in her first battle, taking 13th place in the standings. Gita earned another bronze medal at the World Championship , having won in a duel for third place against Ukrainian Natalya Sinishin [11] .
The following year, the Gita moved from the “up to 55 kg” category to “up to 59 kg”. In this weight, she took second place in the annual tournament in memory of Dave Schultz [12] and fifth in the World Cup competitions in Ulaanbaatar [13] . At the 2015 Asian Championships, she won bronze [14] . In 2016, she lost to the novice athlete Sakshi Malik in the Pro Wrestling League. Later, Malik took the place of Gita in the Indian team at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro [15] .
In November 2016, Gita married Indian wrestler [16] [17] .
Notes
- ↑ Hina Rajpal. Stories Of Sisterhood: The Phogat Sisters . The Huffington Post (August 19, 2015). Date of treatment September 2, 2016.
- ↑ Simon Briggs. London 2012 Olympics: Phogat sisters are wrestling superstars in northern India . Telegraph (July 26, 2011). Date of treatment September 2, 2016.
- ↑ Vijay Lokapally. 'People would tell me who would marry you' . The Hindu (1 January 2016). Date of treatment September 2, 2016.
- ↑ Rebecca Byerly. How an Indian wrestler defied gender taboos . The Christian Science Monitor (July 25, 2012). Date of treatment September 2, 2016.
- ↑ Gaurav Kanthwal. But hey, this is family ... (English) (link not available) . The Times of India. Times Crest (July 31, 2010). Date of treatment September 3, 2016. Archived on September 13, 2016.
- ↑ About Geeta Singh Phogat . The Times of India . Date of treatment September 2, 2016.
- ↑ Rajiv Dhoot. Asian Games wrestling: Suman Kundu to fight for bronze . TopNews (November 26, 2010). Date of treatment September 3, 2016.
- ↑ Gagan K. Teja. Women wrestlers all geared up for Asian Olympic Qualification tourney . The Tribune (February 19, 2012). Date of treatment September 3, 2016.
- ↑ Gagan K. Teja. Geeta Phogat makes history . The Tribune (April 2, 2012). Date of treatment September 2, 2016.
- ↑ London Olympics: Geeta Phogat loses opening fight . The Times of India (August 9, 2012). Date of treatment September 2, 2016.
- ↑ Geeta wins India's second bronze in World championship . Sportskeeda (September 29, 2012). Date of treatment September 3, 2016.
- ↑ Grappler Geeta wins silver . The Tribune (February 4, 2013). Date of treatment September 3, 2016.
- ↑ Geeta Phogat stars as women finish 5th in Wrestling World Cup . Firstpost (March 4, 2013). Date of treatment September 3, 2016.
- ↑ Wrestling: Geeta Phogat wins bronze in women's freestyle, Hitender Beniwal misses out . Daily News and Analysis (March 7, 2015). Date of treatment September 2, 2016.
- ↑ Norris Pritam. Surprised I'm projected as villain, was saving myself for last chance at Istanbul: Geeta Phogat on Olympics disqualification . Firstpost (April 30, 2016). Date of treatment September 2, 2016.
- ↑ Abhimanyu Mathur. Starry shaadi for wrestlers Geeta Phogat and Pawan Kumar . The Times of India (November 21, 2016). Date of treatment October 7, 2017.
- ↑ Amrit Dhillon. Geeta and Babita Phogat: 'Our father taught us never to be scared' . Guardian (January 21, 2017). Date of treatment October 7, 2017.