| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for India | ||
| Men's wrestling | ||
| Asian Games | ||
| Bronze | 2006 | 60 kg free style |
| Asian Championships | ||
| Gold | 2008 | 60 kg free style |
| Commonwealth Championships | ||
| Gold | 2003 | 60 kg free style |
Yogeshwar Dutt (Hindi: योगेश्वर दत्त; born 11 December 1982) is an Indian wrestler. He is from Sonipat, Haryana.
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He started wrestling from a very young age. He made his presence felt by doing well in the Indian National Championships in 1998.
Yogeshwar Dutt won the Gold Medal in the 2003 Commonwealth Championship.[1]
He won the Bronze Medal in the 60 kilogram category at the 15th Asian Games at Doha.[2]
He is representing India [3] in the 60 kilogram wrestling freestyle at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He earned his berth for the Olympics by winning gold at the 2008 Asian championship in March 2008 held at Jeju City in South Korea.[1]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Yogeshwar got a bye in the first round. In the pre-quarterfinals, he beat Kazakhstan's Baurzhan Orazgaliyev 8-3. Yogeshwar lost to Kenichi Yumoto of Japan 3-6 in the quarterfinals of the 60 kg freestyle event.[4]
In 2010 commonwealth games delhi he got gold medal.