List of Pehlwani wrestlers
This is a list of Pehlwani wrestlers divided into Olympic, Asian Games and Other.
Olympic Freestyle Wrestlers
- Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav - 1952 Olympic bronze medalist, 1948 Olympics 6th place.
- Mohammad Bashir - 1960 Olympic bronze medalist, 3-time Commonwealth Games gold medalist, 4-time Asian Games medalist
- Bisamber Singh Silver Medal, World Wrestling Championships, 1967
- Sushil Kumar - 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, 4th in World wrestling Championships 2003. World Champion 2010
- Alka Tomar, Bronze Medal, World Wrestling Championships, 2006
- Ramesh Kumar, Bronze Medal, World Wrestling Championships, 2009
- Varun Mandar Gurjar Village Bali ,silver medal, australiya comman wealth game , 2011, august
Asian Games Freestyle Wrestlers
http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjuna_Award#Arjun_Awardees_in_Wrestling
Other Prominent Indian and Pakistani Wrestlers
- Rudrappa Hansi{Karnataka} Famous wrestler 1975-1982
Awards : Karnataka Kumara, Karanataka Kanteerava, Karanataka Kesari, Maharastra Champian Great Fights : Goga, Sakapal & others
- Kuldeep Singh Sehrawat-commonwealth medalist and two other international medalist five time national champion from kair village najafgarh new delhi
- Mangla Rai
- Vijay Kumar
- Great Gama.
- Guru Hanuman, wrestler and coach.
- Guru Jasramjasola delhi, wrestler and coach.Running akhada in Mathura Road Delhi.
- Karim Bux - was the first wrestler to get into world headlines, when he defeated Tom Canon of England in 1892.
- Sandeep Kumar Rathi - Asian Champion(DSP.CRPF)
- Palwinder Singh Cheema - twice Asian Superheavyweight Bronze Medalist World Junior Superheavyweight Champion.
- Bisamber Singh - Silver Medalist World wrestling Championships
- Uday Chand - Bronze Medalist World Wrestling championship
- Ramesh Kumar
- Sudesh Kumar
- Raju Pahalwan baghu baghpat
- Leela Ram
- Laxmikant Pandey
- Prem Nath
- Bharat-Kesri - Best heavyweight wrestler of India. Recent winners include Rajeev Tomar (Railways) and Palwinder Singh Cheema (Punjab police).
- Mama Moti Singh - trainer of Kikkar Singh and Kalloo whom he trained in the unique dog method of wrestling.
- Kikkar Singh - Dev-e-Hind, Known for his phenomenal chest and body.
- Gulam – accompanied the late Pandit Motilal Nehru to Paris in 1900 and defeated Cour-Derelli of Turkey.
- Gobar Goho - defeated the legendary hook wrestler Ad Santel in San Francisco in 1922 and became the world champion.
- Rajeev tomar - Holds the distinction of being awarded Bharat Kesari the maximum number of times.
- Anuj Chaudhary - Arjuna award winner Indian Wrestler.
- Ramzi Pahlwan
- Kalloo
- Labhu Lohar
- Mammen Thomas
- Rahim Sultaniwala
- Imam Baksh Pehlwan - An Indian wrestling legend, and the former Rustam-I-Hind as well as the winner of several strength contests in India.
- Viddo - (Sitara-I-Hind)
- Bular
- Goonga Baliwala
- Mhani Reniwala
- Gutta Singh Khakhanwala
- Hamida Pehlwan – former Rustam-I-Hind and the trainer of the Bholu Brothers.
- Ganda Singh Johal
- Haider Amritsaria
- Bholu – eldest son of Imam Baksh Pehlwan and the eldest among the Pehlwan Brothers.
- Ajit Singh
- Soookraj Bal - Undisputed Pehlwani champion of the world.
- Rahul Choksi - Known as the 'Hound Dog' he is known for his sheer brute force, but he was no match for Bal.
- Bholu Brothers - Illustrious Pehlwan Brothers (Bholu, Aslam, Goga, Akram and Azam).
- Akram Pehlwan - son of the wrestling legend Imam Baksh Pahalwan. He became famous for his mixed martial arts match against Antonio Inoki. He is also one of the Bholu Brothers.
- Aslam Pahlwan - also trained by Mama Moti Singh.
- Nasir Bholu - Well-known wrestler from the Bholu family.
- Jhara Pehlwan - Real name Zubair, was the son of the famous Aslam Pehlwan.
- Banta Singh Waltoha - Bharat Kesari award winner
- Santokh Singh Bahadurnagar - Bharat Kesari award winner
- Gutta Singh Mari Megha - Sitara-e-Hind
- Aarti Tailor - Known as 'mini tailor' for her small figure, she jumps from pillar to post with Bhervithaben Gengi as they are the current Intercontinental Champions of the World
- Thakar Singh- Mari Megha
- Bisa Singh- Mari Megha—son of Thakar Singh and nephew of Gutta Singh Pahelwan
- Kulvinder Singh KOhla-Grandson of Pahelwan Thakar singh
- Mehardin - Bharat Kesari award winner
- Ahsab Ahmed - son of Hasim pahalwan and younger brother of Firoz pahalwan
- Vijay Pehalwan Phagwara - President of Wrestling Club Phagwara
- Shammi Pehalwan Phagwara- Punjab Kumar
- Malkit Singh Kanjli - Four-time GNDU Champion and Shan-e-Punjab, currently running an akhara in Kapurthala, Punjab.
- Salwinder Singh Shinda - Rustam-i-Hind and Indian national wrestling champion. He is also a four-time Chandigarh Kesari award winner. Now he is a president of district wrestling association Tarn-Taran.Running a Akhara in TARN TARAN .
Parminder Singh Doomshedi is reigning Hind Kesari aka Rustam-e-Hind.
- Nimesh Bhushan - Inter-collegate Champion 2010 NID .
- ..Puran Singh Pehalwan (Sultan bazaar hyd)- Andhra kesari
- Varun Mandar Gurjar Bali, uttar pradesh kesari- 2010
Awad Bin Obaid Bayashoot-Rustam-i-Hind & Indian national wrestling champian .he is also a eight-time Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad award winner...
{rajnesh Pehlwani] bronz madel commnwealt championship ][jaivir]