Kiran Bishnoi is an Indian freestyle wrestler from India. He won a gold medal at the 2017 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships and a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. He won a bronze medal at the Asian Games in 2022.
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Wiki/Biography
Kiran Bishnoi, also known as Kiran Godara, was born in 1998 (25 years; as of 2023) in Rawat Kheda village, Hisar district, Haryana. She joined Mahabir Stadium, a sports complex located in Hisar, and practiced wrestling with the appointed coach Vishnu Das.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 5″
Weight (Approx): 76 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
His father, Kuldeep Godara, is a clerk in the District Commissioner’s office in Hisar. His mother’s name is Sunita Godara. She lived with her maternal grandparents in Kaliravaan village in Hisar district of Haryana for most of her childhood. His maternal grandfather, Ramswaroop Khichad Kaliravana, was a wrestler, from whom Kiran Bishnoi took inspiration and interest in pursuing a career in wrestling. She used to practice with him. His grandfather died in 2010. The same year, Kiran Bishnoi went back to her parents’ home in Hisar to live. There is not much information about his siblings.
Kiran Bishnoi’s family
husband and children
He is unmarried.
Religion
She follows Hindu religion.
livelihood
In 2013, she suffered a knee injury which caused her to miss the 2014 Commonwealth Games wrestling trials. In 2015, after recovering from his knee, he won the National Wrestling Championship. Kiran Bishnoi started wrestling in 2009 in her native village Kali Ravana. In 2011, he participated in the Junior National Wrestling Championship, Jammu and won the bronze medal. She also became the junior wrestling champion in the 67 kg category at the Junior National Wrestling Championship, Jammu in 2012. She also won a bronze medal at the Junior Asian Championships in Kazakhstan in 2013. Kiran Bishnoi became the first Indian female wrestler to win a medal in the freestyle 76 kg category at the Commonwealth Games. Talking about his wrestling career in an interview, he said,
When I started wrestling on the insistence of my maternal grandfather Ram Swaroop, I didn’t know anything about the sport. There was no idea of wrestling. This was the time when Sushil sir won the bronze medal in Beijing Olympics and I used to watch his technical moves for practice. Later I joined Mahavir Stadium in Hisar under coach Vishnu Das and we used to train with the boys. No Indian female wrestler has won a medal in the 76 kg category in the CWG and when I won the medal, Sushil sir congratulated me and it means a lot to me. My grandfather passed away in 2010 but if he were alive today he would have been proud of the medal.
Kiran Bishnoi (far right) with the women’s wrestling team at the Commonwealth Games 2018.
Kiran Bishnoi with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Awards, Honors, Achievements
title
- She won the Bharat Kesari Dangal title in 2016 and was a finalist in 2015.
medal
Sleep
- Kiran Bishnoi won the gold medal at the 2017 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in Johannesburg.
Brass
- Kiran Bishnoi won a bronze medal at the Junior Asian Championships in Kazakhstan in 2013.
- After losing in the semi-finals due to technical fall to Nigeria in the 76 kg women’s wrestling category, Kiran Bishnoi won the bronze medal by defeating Katauskia Pariyadhaven of Mauritius at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Kiran Bishnoi won bronze medal at 2018 Commonwealth Games
- He won a bronze medal at the Asian Games in 2022.
Facts/General Knowledge
- On 7 March 2018, Kiran Bishnoi walked the ramp as a showstopper at the Powerwalk event 2018.
Our next super showstopper is Kiran Godara: Female wrestler, gold medalist at Commonwealth Championship 2017 #powerwalk2018 Proudly powered by #investinlife Via @plaza_106 pic.twitter.com/cg9yij1jhR
– Powerwalk along the Plaza (@Plaza_106) 7 March 2018
- In 2021, Kiran Bishnoi lost her bronze medal match in the women’s 76 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.
- On 06 October 2023, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi took to Twitter to congratulate Kiran Bishnoi for winning the bronze medal in the 76 kg freestyle women’s wrestling category at the Asian Games. It is written in the tweet,
More glory for wrestling in Asian Games!
Congratulations to Kiran Bishnoi on winning bronze medal in women’s wrestling 76 kg freestyle. My best wishes for his upcoming endeavours. pic.twitter.com/VTXGAyq0hd
-Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 6 October 2023
Categories: Biography
Source: vcmp.edu.vn