Sushil Kumar

Sushil Kumar
Kumar in 2014
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1983-05-26) 26 May 1983
Delhi, India
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Criminal information
Convictions
Date apprehended
23 May 2021
Sport
CountryIndia
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
ClubNIS, Delhi
Coached bySatpal Singh
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  India
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games - 1 1
World Championships 1 - -
Asian Games - - 1
Commonwealth Games 3 - -
Asian Championships 1 1 2
Commonwealth Championship 5 - 1
Total 10 2 5
Olympic Games
2012 London66 kg
2008 Beijing66 kg
World Championships
2010 Moscow66 kg
Commonwealth Games
2010 Delhi66 kg
2014 Glasgow74 kg
2018 Gold Coast74 kg
Asian Games
2006 Doha66 Kg
Asian Championships
2010 New Delhi66 kg
2007 Bishkek66 kg
2003 New Delhi60 kg
2008 Jeju Island66 kg
Commonwealth Championship
2003 London60 kg
2005 Cape Town66 kg
2007 London66 kg
2009 Jalandhar66 kg
2017 Johannesburg74 kg
Updated on 26 February 2018

Sushil Kumar (born 26 May 1983) is a former Indian wrestler and two-time Olympic medallist. His 2008 Olympic bronze medal was only the second for India in wrestling, and the first since Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav's bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics. In July 2009, he received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna – India's highest honour for sportspersons. On 3 October 2010, Kumar handed the Queen's Baton to Prince Charles in the Queen's Baton Relay for the 2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. He carried the Indian flag at the opening ceremony of 2012 London Olympics. Sushil won the gold medal in the 74 kg division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Sushil won the gold medal in the 74 kg division at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. He is the first and only Indian to win a gold medal at World Wrestling Championships.

He was accused of involvement in a brawl that led to the death of Sagar Dhankhar at Chhatrasal Stadium in Delhi in 2021 and is currently in Tihar jail facing charges related to the gruesome murder.