Deepak Punia (wrestler)

Subedar
Deepak Punia
VSM
Punia in 2022
Personal information
Nationality Indian
Born (1999-05-19) 19 May 1999
Chhara, Jhajjar district, Haryana, India[1][2]
Military career
Allegiance India
Branch Indian Army
Rank Subedar
Unit 19 RAJ RIF
Sport
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle wrestling
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  India
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nur-Sultan 86 kg
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 86 Kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou 86 kg
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Almaty 86 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Ulaanbaatar 86 kg
Silver medal – second place 2025 Amman 92 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Xi'an 86 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 New Delhi 86 kg
World Cadet Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tbilisi 85 kg
Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2025 Ulaanbaatar 92 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Istanbul 92 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Kocaeli 92 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tallinn 86 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Trnava 86 kg
Asian Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 New Delhi 86 kg

Subedar Deepak Punia VSM is an Indian freestyle wrestler. He is the reigning Commonwealth Games champion in the 86 kg weight category.[3] Punia has won a silver medal at the 2019 World Championships in the freestyle 86 kg category, where he had to concede the final by walkover to his idol, Hassan Yazdani of Iran. This silver medal also earned him a berth at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he finished fifth after narrowly losing the bronze medal match.[4] He later won silver in the 86 kg freestyle event at the 2022 Asian Games.[5]

Senior career results

Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
Tied 11th at 86 kg
Loss 50-32  Evsem Shvelidze (GEO) 3-4 10 January 2024 2024 Grand Prix Zagreb Open Croatia Zagreb
Win 50-31  Valentyn Babii (UKR) 4-1
Loss 49-31  Azamat Dauletbekov (KAZ) 2-6
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Medal at 86 kg
Loss 49-30  Hassan Yazdani (IRI) 0-14 7 October 2023 2022 Asian Games China Hangzhou
Win 49-29  Javrail Shapiev (UZB) 7-4
Win 48-29  Shota Shirai (JPN) 10-4
Win 47-29  Randa Riendesta (INA) 15-0
Win 46-29  Magomed Sharipov (BHR) 6-3
7th at 92 kg
Loss 45-29  Tariel Gaphrindashvili (GEO) 0-8 9 - 14 April 2023 2023 Kaba Uulu Kozhomkul & Raatbek Sanatbaev Tournament Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Win 44-29  Islyambek Ilyassov (KAZ) 11-2
7th at 92 kg
Loss 43-29  Magomed Sharipov (BHR) 0-8 9 - 14 April 2023 2023 Asian Wrestling Championships Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan
Win 43-28  Sun Xiao (CHN) 11-2
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Medal at 86kg
Win 42-28  Muhammad Inam (PAK) 6-0 5 August 2022 2022 Commonwealth Games United Kingdom Birmingham
Win 41-28  Alex Moore (CAN) 6-2
Win 40-28  Sheku Kassegbama (SLE) 14-0
Win 39-28  Matthew Oxenham (NZL) 14-0
6th at 92 kg
Loss 38-28  Abdimanap Baigenzheyev (KAZ) 0-5 2 - 5 June 2022 2022 Bolat Turlykhanov Cup Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan
Loss 38-27  Adilet Davlumbayev (KAZ) 0-5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Medal at 86kg
Loss 38-26  Azamat Dauletbekov (KAZ) 2-9 19 - 24 April 2022 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships Mongolia Ulaanbaatar
Win 38-25  Kim Gwan-uk (KOR) 8-0
Win 37-25  Mohsen Mostafavi (IRI) 9-0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Medal at 92 kg[6]
Win 36-25  Elkhan Asadov (KAZ) 10-2 27 February 2022 2022 Yasar Dogu Tournament Turkey Istanbul
Win 35-25  Mirlan Chynybekov (KGZ) 13-2
Loss 34-25  Ahmad Bazrighaleh (IRI) 0-5
Win 33-24  Shamil Zubairov (AZE) 7-3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Medal at 92 kg[7]
Win 32-24  Parveen Rana (IND) 14-0 20 February 2022 2022 Memorial of Dan Kolov & Nikola Petroff Bulgaria Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Loss 31-24  Adlan Tasuyeu (BLR) 2-6
Win 30-23  Beka Tcheldize (GEO) 15-2
Win 29-23  Irakli Mtsituri (GEO) 11-2
Tied 5th at 86kg
Loss 28-23  Myles Amine (SMR) 3-7 5 August 2021 2020 Summer Olympics Japan Tokyo
Loss 28-22  David Taylor (USA) 0-14
Win 28-21  Lin Zushen (CHN) 9-4
Win 27-21  Ekerekeme Agiomor (NGR) 16-2
9th at 86 kg
Loss 26-21  Sebastian Jezierzanski (POL) 0-5 11 June 2021 2021 Poland Open Poland Warsaw
Loss 26-20  Zahid Valencia (USA) 0-5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Medal at 86kg
Loss 26-19  Hassan Yazdani (IRI) 0-14 18 April 2021 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan
Win 26-18  Kim Gwan-uk (KOR) 0-5
Win 25-18  Bakhodur Kadirov (TJK) 7-4
Win 24-18  Isa Shapiev (UZB) 12-3
Tied 5th at 86kg
Loss 23-18  Piotr Ianulov (MDA) 2-7 18 December 2020 2020 Wrestling World Cup Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
Loss 23-17  Dauren Kurugliev (RUS) 0-7
Win 23-16  Uri Kalashnikov (ISR) 11-0
Win 23-15  Ivars Samusonoks (LAT) 17-8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Medal at 86kg
Win 22-15  Issa Al Obaidi (IRQ) 14-0 23 February 2020 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships India New Delhi
Loss 21-15  Shutaro Yamada (JPN) 2-7
Win 21-14  Gankhuyag Ganbaatar (MGL) 11-4
12th at 86 kg
Loss 20-14  Ethan Ramos (PUR) 2-15 January 2020 2020 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series Italy Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Medal at 86kg
Loss 20-13  Hassan Yazdani (IRI) 0-5 22 September 2019 2019 World Wrestling Championships Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Win 20-12  Stefan Reichmuth (CHE) 11-4
Win 19-12  Carlos Izquierdo (COL) 10-7
Win 18-12  Bakhodur Kadirov (TJK) 9-0
Win 17-12  Adilet Davlumbayev (KAZ) 11-7
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Medal at 86 kg[6]
Loss 16-12  Aleksandr Qostiyev (AZE) 3-10 14 July 2019 2019 Yasar Dogu Memorial Tournament Turkey Istanbul
Win 16-11  Osman Göçen (TUR) 10-5
Win 15-11  James Patrick Downey III (USA) 14-6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Medal at 86 kg
Win 14-11  Boris Makojev (SVK) 6-3 May 2019 2019 Matteo Pellicone Memorial Italy Sassari, Italy
Win 13-11  Christian Hipsher (USA) 14-0
Loss 12-11  Azamat Dauletbekov (KAZ) 0-5
Win 12-10  Saifedine Alekma (FRA) 11-0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Medal at 86 kg
Win 11-10  Bakhodur Kadirov (TJK) 11-3 28 April 2019 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships China Xi'an, China
Loss 10-10  Kamran Ghasempour (IRI) 0-14
Win 10-9  Lin Zushen (CHN) 6-4
Win 9-9  Saifedine Alekma (FRA) 14-8
13th at 86 kg
Loss 8-9  Ruslan Abdulaev (RUS) 4-11 February 2019 2019 Memorial of Dan Kolov & Nikola Petroff Bulgaria Ruse, Bulgaria
Win 8-8  Meruzhan Nikoyan (ARG) 14-0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Medal at 86 kg
Win 7-8  Osman Göçen (TUR) 8-4 July 2018 2018 Tbilisi Memorial Grand Prix of V. Balavadze & G. Kartozia Hungary Tbilisi
Win 6-8  Umidjon Ismanov (UZB) 6-2
Loss 5-8  Saba Chikhradze (GEO) 5-9
Win 5-7  Georgii Rubaev (MDA) 5-0
Tied 16th at 92 kg[8]
Loss 4-7 Liubomyr Sagaliuk (UKR) 0-4 21 October 2018 2018 World Wrestling Championships Hungary Budapest
8th at 92 kg (rep. team India)[9]
Loss 4-6  Hayden Zillmer (USA) 0-10 April 2018 2018 Wrestling World Cup United States Iowa City, USA
Loss 4-5  Dato Marsagishvili (GEO) 0-14
Win 4-4  Takashi Ishiguro (JPN) 5-2
Loss 3-4  Ilishkhan Chilayev (KAZ) 4-13
5th at 86kg[9]
Loss 3-3  Bi Shengfeng (CHN) 0-10 4 March 2018 2018 Asian Wrestling Championships Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Win 3-2  Shota Shirai (JPN) 7-2
Loss 2-2  Orgodolyn Üitümen (MGL) 0-7
Win  Wisam Shakir (IRQ) Walkover
5th at 86 kg[10]
Loss 2-1  Umidjon Ismanov (UZB) 6-8 9 October 2016 2016 Pune Mayor's Cup India Pune
Win 2-0  Sandro Aminashvili (GEO) 7-2
Win 1-0  Tumurbat Mungun (MGL) 2-1

References

  1. ^ Kumar, Amit (28 August 2019). "I talk to Bajrang Punia when I need advice, says junior world champion Deepak Punia". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Wrestler Deepak Punia becomes junior World champion — More sports News". The Times of India. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  3. ^ "CWG 2022: Deepak Punia Wins Gold in Men's 86 Kg Category in Birmingham". News18 India. 5 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Bronze heartbreak for India's Deepak Punia in Tokyo Olympics wrestling".
  5. ^ "Asian Games 2023 wrestling: Deepak Punia wins silver medal in Hangzhou". Olympics.com. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  6. ^ a b "2019 Yasar Dogu Tournament Results" (PDF).
  7. ^ "2022 Dan Kolov Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling.
  8. ^ "Senior World Wrestling Result Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling.
  9. ^ a b "PUNIA Deepak profile page". uww.org. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Results: Pune Mayor's Cup" (PDF). United World Wrestling.
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