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Geetika Jakhar
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Geetika Jakhar

Wrestling

Description: Geetika Jakhar (born 18 August 1985) is an Indian wrestler. Geetika comes from a family of sportspersons. She got Arjuna Award - 2006. She is the only women wrestler in the history of Indian sports to be judged the Best Wrestler of the 2005 Commonwealth Games and also who won medals at Asian Games 2006 and 2014 respectively.

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About: Geetika's father Satyavir Singh Jakhar was the sports officer in Hisar, Haryana. She was inspired to take up wrestling by her grand father, Ch. Amar Chand Jakhar, an accomplished wrestler himself. She started wrestling at the tender age of 13, and was awarded the Bharat Kesari at the age of 15 by beating Sonika Kaliraman (daughter of renowned wrestler Chandgi Ram) the then bharat kesari in a Dangal held at New Delhi in 2000. She won the Bharat Kesari title for a consecutive 9 years from then on. She is married to Mr. Kamaldeep Singh Rana, who is working in Haryana public work department as an Executive Engineer.

Achievements:

EventMedalYearWeight Category
Commonwealth GamesSilver 201463 kg
Asian GamesSilver 200663 kg
Asian GamesBronze 201463 kg
Asian Wrestling ChampionshipsSilver 200363 kg
Asian Wrestling ChampionshipsSilver 200563 kg
Asian Wrestling ChampionshipsBronze 201363 kg
Commonwealth Wrestling ChampionshipGold 200363 kg
Commonwealth Wrestling ChampionshipGold 200563 kg
Commonwealth Wrestling ChampionshipSilver 200763 kg
World Police and Fire GamesSilver201969 kg
World Junior Wrestling ChampionshipsSilver 200563 kg
Asian Junior Wrestling ChampionshipsGold 200467 kg
Asian Junior Wrestling ChampionshipsSilver 200563 kg

Social Media Links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GeetikaJakharWrestler/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geetikajakhar/

Country: India

Ratings: 2.0

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