Divya Kakran is an Indian freestyle wrestler, who competes in the women’s freestyle 68 kg event. As of 2022, he has won 17 gold medals in wrestling, and has also received the title of ‘Bharat Kesari’ eight times.
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Wiki/Biography
According to some sources, Divya Kakran aka Divya Sain was born on Thursday, 8 October 1998. Whereas, according to some other sources, he was born on Thursday, July 2, 1998. He was born (age 24 years; as of 2022) in Purbaliyan, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. According to Source 1, her zodiac sign is Libra, and according to Source 2, her zodiac sign is Cancer.
Childhood picture of Divya Kakran with her father
She did her schooling from Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, Delhi. He pursued graduation in Physical Education and Sports Science (BPES). Divya attended Noida College of Physical Education and Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut for her higher education.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 6″
Weight (Approx): 65 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
His father Surajveer Sain works as a nappy seller. His mother Sanyogita Sen sews cotton loincloths (the loincloth that all Indian male wrestlers wear). He has two brothers, Dev Sain and Deepak Sain.
Divya Kakran with her father and brothers
Divya Kakran with her parents
Divya Kakran with her brother
Husband
On 25 February 2023, she married Sachin Pratap, a fitness model, in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.
Wedding photo of Divya Kakran and Sachin Pratap Singh
other relatives
His grandfather’s name is Rajinder Singh and mother’s name is Premwati.
Divya Kakran with her family
Fiance
On January 25, 2022, she got engaged to her boyfriend Sachin Pratap, who is an Indian fitness model.
Divya Kakran with her fiance
Religion
Divya Kakran follows Hindu religion.
building a wrestler
The story of Divya’s wrestling career started in the 1990s. This was the dream of his father, who came to Delhi in 1990 to become a wrestler. After struggling for a few months in Delhi, he failed to achieve his goal and returned to his village. Then he started selling milk in the nearby areas, but he did not get success in this business. Later, he decided to move to Delhi with his wife and started the business of langot (undergarment which is usually worn by male wrestlers). His wife used to sew loincloths, which he used to sell to wrestlers during wrestling matches.
An old picture of Divya Kakran’s parents stitching nappies
During such wrestling matches, he also used to take his son Dev Sain and daughter Divya Kakran along with him. Divya’s father wanted his son to become a wrestler and his dream of becoming a wrestler should be fulfilled. It was from here that Divya started getting interested in wrestling and she used to carefully watch the moves of the wrestlers. At the age of 8, he started practicing wrestling with his brothers. One of his wrestling matches in 2010 came into limelight when he defeated a boy by a good margin. After this he participated in various wrestling competitions like Rural Games, Rajiv Gold Cup, National Sports Competition, Asian Championship and World Championship. In 2013, he achieved fifth place in the World Championships held in Serbia. According to media sources, Divya’s opponent punched her inappropriately in the match and she was banned for almost two years. In 2018, she defeated Indian wrestler Ritu Malik in a wrestling competition and received the title of Bharat Kesari. He also defeated Indian wrestler Geeta Phogat in the same competition. In 2019, he started working as a Senior Ticket Examiner in Indian Railways.
Divya Kakran is a Senior Ticket Examiner in Indian Railways
His wrestling coaches are Vikram Kumar Sonkar and Prem Nath.
Controversy
In 2018, in a conference with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, he criticized him for negligence in providing financial assistance to him. Earlier he had requested the CM for financial help.
After winning the bronze medal at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, the Delhi government did not honor him with a cash prize because he represented Uttar Pradesh. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj said,
She lives in Delhi, but represented the national capital only until 2016–17. CM Kejriwal called him respectfully in 2018. We have always respected him, but we cannot give him a cash reward because he represented UP.
Responding to the petition on Delhi government not honoring her, Divya said in a press conference,
I have been living in Golakpur for the last 22 years. My father somehow managed to get me wrestling training here. I earned money by competing with boys but the Delhi government did not give me any kind of assistance. My family was facing a lot of problems due to poor financial condition, so I went to UP. Earlier, I had won many medals for Delhi.
medal
Sleep
- 2012: Rajasthan Kesari Competition
- 2017: All India University Championship
- 2017: Senior National Championship
- 2017: Commonwealth Wrestling Championship
- 2020: Asian Championships
- 2021: Asian Championships
Divya Kakran on winning gold medal in Asian Championships
silver
- 2011: Rajiv Gandhi Gold Cup
- 2017: Asian Wrestling Championship
- 2020: Asian Championships
Brass
- 2019: Asian Championships
- 2022: Birmingham Commonwealth Games
Divya Kakran wins bronze medal at 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games
award
- 2018: Muzaffarnagar Ratna Samman
- 2019: Rani Lakshmi Bai Award
- 2020: Arjuna Award
Divya Kakran holding her Arjuna Award
car collection
- Maruti Suzuki Baleno
Divya Kakran with her Maruti Suzuki Baleno car
- Maruti Celerio VXi
Divya Kakran with her Maruti Suzuki car
Favorite
- Philosopher: Dayanand Saraswati
- Film: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)
Facts/General Knowledge
- Divya’s family and friends fondly call her Shera.
- He was born in a poor family. In an interview, she shared that before competing in a wrestling match, she would eat a packet of glucose worth Rs 15. She said that once her mother had sold her jewelery to bear the expenses of Rs 1 lakh for Divya’s wrestling match preparation. In national games. After winning various wrestling matches, he bought back the jewellery. He also talked further about his brother. He said,
He left his education, his wrestling career and everything for me. Sometimes I have to attend wrestling camps in Lucknow which last for two-three months. For the camp, I get accommodation in hostels, but my brother stays in hotel rooms to stay with me.
- According to media sources, Divya practices about two thousand sit-ups daily to increase the strength of her legs.
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Source: vcmp.edu.vn