Bajrang Punia is a name which is related to freestyle wrestler sports.
Bajrang’s Early life:
He is born in 26 February 1994 in khudan village of Jhajjar district in the state of Haryana in India. He started wrestling when he was 7 years and his father was persuaded to pursue the sport. His family moved to Sonepat in 2015 for him to attend regional center of Sports Authority of India. He works in India as TTE ie., Travelling Ticket Examiner.
Career
Asian Wrestling Championships 2013
In New Delhi, India in the men's freestyle 60 kg category Bajrang lost 3-1 to Hwang Ryong-hak of South Korea to win the bronze medal in the semi-final round.
In the Round of 16, Bajrang beating his opponent Shogo Maeda of Japan.
His opponent was Morad Hassan of Iran in the quarter-finals whom he beat 3-1 to qualify for the semi-finals.
World Wrestling Championship 2013
Bajrang won the bronze medal in Budapest, Hungary, in the men's freestyle 60 kg category.
In next round he met Enkhsaikhany Nyam-Ochir of Mongolia and beat him 9-2. Bajrang’s next competitor was Ivan Guidea of Romania and with a score of 10-3 win over the Romanian, Bajrang earned a spot in the bronze medal round.
He won the silver medal in the men's freestyle 61 kg categoryIn Glasgow, Scotland, after losing 1-4 to David Tremblay of Canada.
Bajrang faced Sasha Madyarchyk of England In the Round of 16 and beat him 4-0.
In the quarter-finals he faced Marno Plaatjies of South Africa and won 4-1.
Asian Games 2014
In South Korea, in the men's freestyle 61 kg category he won the silver medal, after losing 1-3 to Masoud Esmaeilpoorjouybari of Iran.
In the round of 16, Bajrang faced Tuvshintulga Tumenbileg of Mongolia, , and beat him 3-1.
Farkhodi Usmonzoda of Tajikistan his quarter-finals opponent whom he beat 4-1 to qualify for the semi-finals. He was won medal in the semi-finals when he beat Noriyuki Takatsuka of Japan by 4-1. beat Noriyuki Takatsuka of Japan 4-1 in the semi-finals.
Asian Wrestling Championships 2014
Bajrang won the silver medal in the men's freestyle 61 kg category, in Astana, Kazakhstan, losing 0-4 to Masoud Esmaeilpoorjouybari of Iran.
Bajrang met Seung-Chul Lee of South Korea whom he beat 3-1 in the Round of 16.
He faced Noriyuki Takatsuka of Japan In the quarter-finals whom he beat 3-1 to qualify for the semi-finals. There he met Nazmandakh Lhamgarmaa of Mongolia whom he beat 3-1 and won medal.
World Wrestling Championships 2015
Bajrang wasn't able to win a medal at the tournament in Las Vegas and finished 5th Unlike his fellow Narsingh Yadav,
Asian Wrestling Championship 2017
He won a gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championship held at Delhi in may 2017.
Pro Wrestling League
In New Delhi, Bajrang was the second position holder of the JSW owned Bangalore franchise in the auction conducted.
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