Yogeshwar Dutt

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Yogeshwar Dutt

Yogeshwar dutt with a bronze medal at the London Olympics
Personal information
Nickname(s) Yogi
Nationality Indian
Born (1982-11-02) 2 November 1982
Bhainswal Kalan, Sonipat district, Haryana.
Residence Haryana
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sport
Country India
Sport Wrestling
Team India
Medal record
Competitor for  India
Men's Wrestling
Olympic Games
Bronze 2012 London 60kg Freestyle
Asian Games
Bronze 2006 Doha 60kg Freestyle
Asian Wrestling Championships
Gold 2012 Gumi 60kg Freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold 2010 Delhi 60kg Freestyle
Commonwealth Wrestling Championship
Gold 2007 London 60kg Freestyle
Gold 2005 Cape Town 60kg Freestyle
Gold 2003 London 55kg Freestyle
Silver 2007 London 60kg Greco-Roman
Silver 2005 Cape Town 60kg Greco-Roman
Updated on 11 August 2012.

Yogeshwar Dutt (Hindi: योगेश्वर दत्त, born 2 November 1982) is an Indian wrestler He belongs to a Brahmin family in Haryana.[1] He won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's 60kg Freestyle wrestling.[2] He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013.[3]

Career

He started wrestling from a very young age of 8 years. His inspiration was Balraj Pehlwan who was from his native village and he was trained under the guidance of coach Ramphal.

2003

Yogeshwar Dutt won the Gold Medal in the 2003 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship.[4]

2004 Summer Olympics

At the Athens Olympics, Dutt took part in Men's freestyle 55 kg and stood 18th.

2006 Asian Games

Yogeshwar had lost his father on 3 August 2006 just nine days before he boarded the flight to Doha for the Asian Games.[5] He also sustained a knee injury, but despite all the emotional and physical trauma he managed to win the bronze in the 60 kilogram category at the 15th Asian Games at Doha.[6]

2008 Summer Olympics

This was Yogeshwar's second appearance at the Olympics. He represented India[7] in 60 kilogram freestyle wrestling at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He earned his berth for the Olympics by winning gold at the 2008 Asian Championships in March 2008 held at Jeju City in South Korea.

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.[8] He was ranked 9th.

2010 Commonwealth Games

At the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, Yogeshwar overcame a career-threatening knee injury to win the 60 kg title. Yogeshwar, who went past Australian Farzad Tarash (16-0, 17-0), South African Marius Loots (7-1) and England's Sasha Madyarchyk (4-4, 8-0) on his way to the final, came up with an exceptionally skilful performance to win the gold for India.[9]

2012 Summer Olympics

On 12 Aug 2012, Yogeshwar Dutt provided a late boost to India's medal collection in the 30th Olympic Games by claiming a memorable bronze in the men's freestyle 60 kg category, thus becoming the second Indian to achieve the feat in the country's Games history. Yogeshwar won a Bronze medal in the Men's freestyle 60 kg at the 2012 London Olympics.

He had defeated North Korean Ri Jong-Myong in the bronze medal bout thus winning the fifth medal for Indian contingent at the London Olympics 2012.

Earlier, Yogeshwar qualified for the 2012 Olympics by winning a silver medal at an Asian qualification tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan where he lost to Iranian Masoud Esmaeilpour (2-3, 0-1).

At the Olympics he lost to the Russian B Kudukhov 1-0, 2-0 and was knocked out from the pre-quarterfinal round. He got a chance to contest in the repechage rounds as Kudukhov reached the finals of the event.

In his first repechage round he went on to beat Franklin Gómez of Puerto Rico with a score of 1-0, 1-0. He had gotten lucky against his opponent, winning the toss on both the occasions to earn a clinch position. Yogeshwar then scored 7-5 to beat Masoud Esmaeilpour with an aggregate of counted points 3-1 in Repechage Round 2. Esmaeilpour had beaten Yogeshwar at the Asian qualifications earlier that year.

He finally beat his North Korean opponent to clinch the bronze medal (0-1, 1-0, 6-0). He was exceptional in the last round, and clinched it in just 1:02 minutes.[10]

Other Major Achievements

  • 2006 World Championship: 60.0 kg. Freestyle (5th)
  • 2007 World Championship: 60.0 kg. Freestyle (16th)
  • 2005 Asian Championship: 60.0 kg. Freestyle (5th)
  • 2007 Asian Championship: 60.0 kg. Freestyle (8th)

Awards, Rewards and Recognition

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2011-12.

For the bronze medal at 2012 London Olympics
  • INR10 million (US$160,000) cash reward from the Haryana Government.[11]
  • 5 million INR from Rajasthan government
  • 4x4 vehicle from a PSU bank[12]
  • Haryana government deciding to allocate land worth Rs 250 million in Gurgaon.

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Pioneer. Dailypioneer.com (1 January 1970).
  2. ↑ "Flipping arena with a toss, Dutt gives India its fifth medal". 12 August 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Padma Awards". pib. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Beijing 2008 Olympics". The Times of India. Retrieved on 16 August 2008.
  5. ↑ Father's dream drives Yogeshwar. Hindustan Times (10 August 2012).
  6. ↑ "Medal winners at the 15th Asian Games on Dec. 13", People's Daily, (14 December 2006). Retrieved on 16 August 2008.
  7. ↑ Team India at Beijing. Rediff.com (31 December 2004).
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ Yogeshwar Dutt Phogat Olympics 2012 Player Profile, News, Medals - Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (1 January 1970).
  10. ↑ Yogeshwar Dutt repe-charges to bronze, gets India 5th medal. Hindustan Times (11 August 2012).
  11. ↑ "Haryana chief minister announces cash award of Rs 1 crore to Yogeshwar Dutt". 12 August 2012. 
  12. ↑ After bronze, Dutt looks to go all the way at Worlds. Indian Express (16 August 2012).

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