Sushil Kumar Solanki is the first person to win two Olympic medals for independent India. Sushil Kumar was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2006 , Padma shree by the Indian Government in 2011 and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (India’s Highest Sporting Honour).

Life of Sushil Kumar Solanki

Sushil Kumar Solanki was born in Baprola village, near Najafgarh in South West Delhi. His dad, Diwan Singh, was a driver in MTNL Delhi, while his mom, Kamla Devi, is a housewife.Sushil Kumar was enlivened to take up wrestling by his dad, himself a grappler, and his cousin Sandeep.

Sandeep later quit contending as the family could just help one grappler.Sushil Kumar prepared in pehlwani wrestling at the akhada (wrestling school) in the Chhatrasal Stadium from the age of 14. With insignificant assets and helpless preparing offices for wrestling in India, in any event, for the 2008 Olympic group, his family ensured he acquired the fundamental dietary enhancements by sending him tinned milk, ghee and new vegetables. He is a committed Hindu and exacting veggie lover.

He has finished his Graduation (B.P.E.) and Post-Graduation (M.P.E.) from Noida College of Physical Education,Dadri. Kumar is as of now utilized with the Indian Railways as an assistant commercial manager.

Sushil Kumar Solanki’s Wrestling Journey

• Sushil Kumar is India’s most enlivened grappler. He has the differentiation of being the country’s just double cross Olympic medallist in an individual occasion and the 1st Indian to win a wrestling world championship.
• At the Beijing 2008 Games, Sushil Kumar joined India’s list of Olympic medallists with his bronze in the 66kg category, the country’s 1st Olympic wrestling award since Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav’s bronze in 1952.
• After four years at London 2012, the star Indian grappler added more sparkle to launch over it with a silver medal.
• Sushil’s 2nd Olympic medal unchangeable the tradition of Sushil Kumar and in a greater number of ways than one, it exemplified his spirit and sheer love for the game.
• His first couple of encounters in quite a while finished with him winning bronze at the Asian Wrestling Championships and gold at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in 2003.
• His first Olympic appearance saw him accomplish a 14th spot finish in the 60 kg weight class at Athens 2004.
• Despite the fact that he couldn’t exactly have the effect he had expected, the experience of Athens end up being significant for Sushil Kumar, who rediscovered his best structure to pack bronze in the 2006 Asian Matches and dominate gold decorations at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in 2005 and 2007.
• His successes filled in as great planning and assisted him with developing certainty heading into the 2008 Beijing Games. While he went down in the opening round to Andriy Stadnik of Ukraine, a repechage permitted the Indian grappler a shot at the bronze.
• He initially went past Doug Schwab of the USA and afterward won against Belarus’ Albert Batyrov in the wake of arranging a rebound in the match. In the bronze apparatus, he improved of Kazakh Leonid Spiridonov 3-2 to acquire his medal.
• The Indian free-form grappler kept on filling in height after his Olympic bronze and in 2010 turned into the principal Indian to win a world wrestling title with a triumph over the nearby top pick in the last of the World Wrestling Championships.
• The exact year saw him win the first of his three sequential gold awards at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
• The Indian grappler’s most vital second yet, however, came at the 2012 London Olympics. In his initial match of the keep going 16, he took on protecting Olympic victor Ramazan Sahin. In one more match, he turned a 0-2 shortfall around to take the match against the Turkish grappler.
• Kumar defeated Qamar Abbas in the 74 kg final to win the gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. He won in 107 seconds by fall.
• Kumar won gold in 74 kg category on 12 April 2018, Thursday, beating South Africa’s Johannes Botha in the final that lasted 80 seconds thus achieving a feat of winning 3 gold medals in 3 consecutive Commonwealth Games.