Ravi Kumar Dahiya

Ravi Kumar Dahiya^[1][2] (born 12 December 1997), also known as Ravi Kumar^[3][4] or Ravi Dahiya,^[5][6] is an Indian freestyle wrestler who won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 57 kg category. Dahiya is also a bronze medallist from 2019 World Wrestling Championships and a three-time Asian champion. At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, he won the gold medal in the men's 57kg freestyle wrestling category.^[5]

Ravi Kumar Dahiya

Ravi Kumar Dahiya in August 2022
Personal information
Born	(1997-12-12) 12 December 1997 (age 26) Nahri, Haryana, India
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Wrestling
Weight class	57 kg 65 kg
Event	Freestyle
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  India Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games - 1 - World Championships - - 1 Asian Championships 3 - - Commonwealth Games 1 - - World U23 Championships - 1 - World Junior Championships - 1 - Total 4 3 1 Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 57 kg World Championships 2019 Nur-Sultan 57 kg Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham 57 kg Grand Prix 2022 Istanbul 61 kg Asian Championships 2020 New Delhi 57 kg 2021 Almaty 57 kg 2022 Ulaanbaatar 57 kg World U23 Championships 2018 Bucharest 57 kg World U20 Championships 2015 Salvador 55 kg

Early life

Dahiya was born on 12 December 1997 in Nahri village, Sonipat district, Haryana.^[7] Since age 10, Dahiya was trained by Satpal Singh at the Chhatrasal Stadium in Delhi. His father Rakesh Dahiya, a small farmer, would travel around 39 km every day from their village to Chhatrasal Stadium to deliver fresh milk and fruits, which were part of his wrestling diet, for more than a decade.^[2][6]

Career

Dahiya started wrestling in his early teens and won the silver medal in the 2015 Junior World Wrestling Championships at Salvador de Bahia in the 55 kg freestyle category.^[8] He picked up an injury in 2017 which kept him out of action for more than a year. In his comeback year, he won the silver medal at the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship in Bucharest, India's only medal at the competition, in the 57 kg category.^[3] Dahiya remained unbeaten at the 2019 Pro Wrestling League, representing the title winning team, Haryana Hammers.^[9][10]

He was tied fifth at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships in Xi'an, after losing the bronze medal match.^[11]

In his World Championships debut in 2019, Dahiya defeated the European champion Arsen Harutyunyan in the round of 16,^[12] and the 2017 world champion Yuki Takahashi in the quarterfinal, to earn one of the six available quota places for the 2020 Summer Olympics. He lost to defending champion and eventual gold medalist Zaur Uguev in the semifinal round. However, he managed to take the bronze after defeating Reza Atri of Iran.^[13] On the back of his medal win, Dahiya was included in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports' Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) in October 2019.^[14]

Dahiya won gold at the 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships in New Delhi and the 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships in Almaty.^[1][15]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Dahiya won his first two bouts on technical superiority.^[16] In the semifinal, he pinned the Kazakh wrestler Nurislam Sanayev down in the final minute to win by fall, after trailing in the bout on points.^[17] There were reports that Dahiya endured a bite from his opponent, Nurislam Sanayev in the semi-final match.^[18] In the final, Dahiya had to settle for a silver as he was defeated 4–7 on points by ROC wrestler Zaur Uguev.^[19] Dahiya became the second Indian wrestler to win an Olympic silver after Sushil Kumar.^[20]

At the 2022 Yasar Dogu Tournament, he won the gold medal after defeating Uzbek Gulomjon Abdullaev 11–10 in the final.^[21][22] At the 2022 World Wrestling Championships, he lost to Uzbekistan's Gulomjon Abdullaev in the pre-quarterfinals.^[23]

Awards and recognition

National award

• 2021 – Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, the highest sporting honour of India.^[24]

Rewards

For winning the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics

• ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) from the Government of India.^[25]
• ₹4 crore (US$480,000) from the Government of Haryana.^[26]
• ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) from the Board of Control for Cricket in India^[27]
• ₹40 lakh (US$48,000) from the Indian Olympic Association.^[28]

International competition

Olympics

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Rank	Opponent
2021	2020 Summer Olympics	Tokyo	57 kg		Zaur Uguev (RUS)

World Championship

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Rank	Opponent
2019	2019 World Wrestling Championships	Nur-Sultan	57 kg		Reza Atri (IRI)
2022	2022 World Wrestling Championships	Belgrade	57 kg	6th	Gulomjon Abdullaev (UZB)

U23 World Championship

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Rank	opponent
2018	2018 World U23 Wrestling Championships	Bucharest	57 kg		Toshihiro Hasegawa (JPN)

World Junior Championship

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Rank	opponent
2015	2015 World Junior Wrestling Championships	Salvador, Bahia	56 kg		Mahir Amiraslanov (AZE)

Commonwealth Games

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Rank	Opponent
2022	2022 Commonwealth Games	Birmingham	57 kg		Ebikewenimo Welson (NGR)

Asian Wrestling Championship

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Rank	Opponent
2022	2022 Asian Wrestling Championships	Ulanbaatar	57kg		Rakhat Kalzhan (KAZ)
2021	2021 Asian Wrestling Championships	Almaty	57kg		Alireza Sarlak (IRI)
2020	2020 Asian Wrestling Championships	New Delhi	57kg		Hikmatullo Vohidov (TJK)
2019	2019 Asian Wrestling Championships	Xi'an	57kg	5th	Kang Kum-song (PRK)

Record against opponents

Weight Players Matches Results Change Won Lost 57 kg Zaur Uguev 2 0 2 -2 57 kg Reza Atri 1 1 0 +1 57 kg Yuki Takahashi 3 2 1 +1 57 kg Nurislam Sanayev 4 4 0 +4 57 kg Meirambek Kartbay 1 1 0 +1 57 kg Arsen Harutyunyan 1 1 0 +1 57 kg Mahir Amiraslanov 1 0 1 -1 57 kg Uladzislau Andreyeu 1 0 1 -1 57 kg Jahongirmirza Turobov 1 1 0 +1 57 kg Gulomjon Abdullaev 4 2 3 -1 57 kg Makhmudjon Shavkatov 1 1 0 +1 57 kg Kim Sung-gwon 1 1 0 +1 57 kg Kang Kum-song 1 0 1 -1 57 kg Hikmatullo Vohidov 1 1 0 +1 57 kg Petr Konstantinov 1 1 0 +1 57 kg Nodar Arabidze 1 1 0 +1 61 kg Volodymyr Burukov 1 0 1 -1 57 kg Ali Asad 1 1 0 +1

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External links

• Ravi Kumar at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
• Ravi Kumar at United World Wrestling
• Ravi Kumar at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Ravi Kumar at Olympedia
• Ravi Kumar Dahiya at Olympics.com