The Indian men’s Greco Roman wrestling team notched up a rich haul of seven gold, five silver and two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Championships held in Johannesburg from December 5 to 7.
The women’s team ended runner-up in the event by winning two gold, four silver & five bronze.
Earlier, the freestyle men’s team won the champions trophy with seven gold, four silver and three bronze medals.
The names of the medal winners are given below:
GRECO ROMAN STYLE
1. | Gaurav Sharma | 55 Kg. | Gold Medal | ||
2. | Ravinder Singh | 60 Kg. | Gold Medal | ||
3. | Anand Kumar | 66 Kg. | Gold Medal | ||
4. | Rajbir Chhikara | 74 Kg. | Gold Medal | ||
5. | Manoj Kumar | 84 Kg. | Gold Medal | ||
6. | Hardeep | 96 Kg. | Gold Medal | ||
7. | Naveen | 120 Kg. | Gold Medal | ||
1. | Rajender Kumar | 55 Kg. | Silver Medal | ||
2. | Deepak Kumar | 60 Kg. | Silver Medal | ||
4. | Rahul | 74 Kg. | Silver Medal | ||
5. | Anil Kumar | 84 Kg. | Silver Medal | ||
7. | Virender | 120 Kg. | Bronze Medal | ||
3. | Deepak | 66 Kg. | Bronze Medal | ||
The female Wrestling Team was runner up in the above Championship by winning 2 Gold, 4 Silver & 5 Bronze Medals:
FEMALE WRESLING
1. | Nirmala Devi | 48 Kg. | Gold Medal |
2. | Pooja Dhanda | 55 Kg. | Gold Medal |
3. | Vinesh | 51 Kg. | Silver Medal |
4. | Rekha Rani | 55 Kg. | Silver Medal |
5. | Geeta | 59 Kg. | Silver Medal |
6. | Anita | 67 Kg. | Silver Medal |
7. | Preeti | 48 Kg. | Bronze Medal |
8. | Shakshi Malik | 63 Kg. | Bronze Medal |
9. | Rajni | 63 Kg. | Bronze Medal |
10. | Nikki | 72 Kg. | Bronze Medal |
12. | Manu Tomar | 72 Kg. | Bronze Medal |
The Free Style team had also walked out with the champion’s trophy a few days ago winning 7 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals.